Tlingit Culture, Conservation and Connection with Place in Alaska

Tlingit Culture, Conservation and Connection with Place in Alaska

Louise Brady is Kiks.adi from Sheet’ka (Sitka, Alaska). Women in her lineage are known as “Herring Women” for their relationship with the herring going back thousands of years.
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Louise Brady (X'asheech Tláa) is a Tlingit woman who is a member
of the Kiks.ádi Clan from Sitka, Alaska. She is active in
cultural preservation, tribal government, and drug and alcohol
education and treatment programs. She has worked as a culture and
education specialist for the National Park Service and the Sitka
Tribe of Alaska, has served on the Sitka Tribe of Alaska Tribal
Council, and participates in Tlingit history and culture events,
including honoring the ancestors at the celebration of the 150th
anniversary of the purchase of Alaska, remembering the 1804
battle between the Russians and the Sitka Kiks.ádi, and she's
worked to preserve Sitka's herring fishery and Native fishing
traditions. As a member of the Sitka Kiks.ádi clan, Louise has
strong ties to Sitka and to the site of Sitka National Historical
Park.


SONG CREDIT -- "All My Relations" Ulali


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