Kindáa
Dave Galanin
Kaagwaantaan Clan
H98 - 39 - 15
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Kindáa Dave Galanin Kaagwaantaan Clan H98 - 39 - 15 Click on a section below to hear audio.
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David Galanin talks with Kristin Griffin and Karen Brewster on December 8, 1999 at the Southeast Alaska Indian Cultural Center in Sitka, Alaska about...
1) Introduction and background history and how he developed his relationship to the Cultural Center.
Minard, Louis/ apprenticeship/ Cultural Center/ Benson, George -- grandfather/ totem carver|
2) Coming from a family of artists that got their start in the Cultural Center.
Minard, Louis/ Burkhart, Will -- brother/ mother/ Galanin, Nick -- son/ Park -- playing in/ Sitka -- diverse/ nationalities -- different|
3) Starting as a student in the Cultural Center and then becoming involved in management.
board member/ President/ Cultural Center -- incorporated/ Board of Directors/ culture -- knowledge of/ opportunities/ Project -- Indian River Totem Pole/ Wasserman, Kathi -- director|
4) The idea of a project and getting the Totem Pole Project off the ground.
totem pole/ grants -- searching for/ carvers/ Burkhart, Will -- lead carver/ Price, Wayne/ totem pole -- raising/ elders -- meeting with/ Kitka, Herman/ Davis, Herman/ Perkins, Al/ Kanosh, Naomi/ stories -- deciding which ones to put on pole/ clan groups -- represented/ clan leaders -- local/ Perkins, Al -- Kiks.ádi/ Davis, Herman -- Coho/ Kitka, Herman -- Kaagwaantaan|
5) Talking with the Elders about what stories would be represented.
totem pole -- Indian River History Pole/ totem pole -- raising/ totem pole -- traditional/ Mercer, Ed/ relationship -- between board members and the Elders/ contacts/ language -- Yakani?/ Cultural Center|
6) Raising the Pole and the clans working together.
totem pole -- raising/ weather -- bad/ ceremony/ clan groups/ pole -- naming/ Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall/ Fred, Matthew/ grievances -- learn to work through them|
7) Name of the pole and what it means to the people.
totem pole -- Tlingit name/ name -- meaning of/ Indian River/ pole -- design/ Eagle/ Raven/ pole -- contemporary/ houseposts/ panels/ past -- opened/ future -- continues/ totem pole -- meaning of/ totem pole -- landmark|
8) Knowing the story behind the pole and clan representation.
clans -- representation/ clans -- stories/ stories -- migration/ clans -- origins/ figures -- ownership/ marker -- land ownership/ ancestors/ changes/ adapting|
9) Issues involved with raising a totem pole in the traditional manner.
totem pole -- raising/ pole raising mechanisms/ Elders -- meeting to gather information/ invitations/ respect/ Raven/ Kaagwaantaan/ speakers/ honored guests/ clans -- songs/ places to stay/ food/ donations/ dancers/ prayer -- opening|
totem pole -- raising/ ceremonies/ Cultural Center/ pole raising -- cost/ grants/ workshops/ pole raising -- rules and regulations/ Elders -- panel/ questions/ adoption/ Mercer, Ed/ Memorial Party/ cultural protocol/ guests -- welcoming/ places -- appropriate|
11) Understanding a Memorial Potlatch and the proper protocol to follow when putting one on.
cultural protocol/ protocol -- respect/ values/ culture/ Elders -- protecting/ culture -- practicing/ Mercer, Ed/ Kaagwaantaan/ Juneau/ Party -- selection of leader/ Kitka, Herman/ Party -- shows support|
12) Tradition and art work and what it means.
language -- speaking/ Kaagwaantaan/ Cultural Center/ art form/ Raven/ Eagle/ Minard, Louis/ legends -- meaning of|
13) Difficulties with the Indian River HistoryTotem Pole Project.
director/ board of directors/ directions -- different/ Park Service -- staff/ project -- success/ project -- organization/ people|
Raven -- creator/ Kiks.ádi hat/ Coho/ Kiks.ádi Frog/ Eagle/ Bear/ clan groups/ Cultural Center -- focus of/ Cultural Center -- art/ Cultural Center -- oral history projects/ workshops -- protocol/ Native food programs|
15) Learning about his own Tlingit history through the Cultural Center.
Kitka, Herman/ recordings/ trading material/ herring oil/ regalia/ Eagle Nest House/ bear ears/ Alexander -- chief of Eagle Nest/ repatriation|
16) The importance of the Cultural Center.
Cultural Center -- potential/ Cultural Center -- funding/ opportunities/ origins -- learning|