Lingít Stories & Songs
/Elder and Author, Diane Benson, discusses the meaning of stories and songs in Lingít culture. She shares some of her storytelling experience and a poem she wrote about that experience.
Read MoreElder and Author, Diane Benson, discusses the meaning of stories and songs in Lingít culture. She shares some of her storytelling experience and a poem she wrote about that experience.
Read MoreHigh School Coaches and brothers, Rick and Dino Brock, sit down with student player, Devon Guthrie, and Petersburg Indigenous Awareness Committee members, Diane Benson and Kari Petersen, to discuss the pride basketball brings to a community, the history of basketball in Southeast, and what basketball has brought to their lives. This episode of Voices of Séet Ká Kwáan was created from a Listening Project interview. The full interview can be heard at the Listening Project link below.
Read MoreJoin Debra O’Gara, Diane Benson, and Avery Herrman-Sakamoto on a harvesting trip for s’áxt’ (aka devil’s club). Learn about its traditional uses and how it’s harvested.
Read MoreDiane Benson talks about the formation of the Petersburg Indigenous Awareness Committee. Avery Herrman-Sakamoto, Brenda Louise, and Jeanette Ness discuss Tlingít Aaní, Indigenous land, and what it means to be Indigenous.
Read MoreJeanette Ness discusses the name Séet Ká Kwáan, People of the Fast Moving Waters. Diane Benson talks about the meaning behind the tagline, “sharing our stories is good medicine for us all.”
Read MoreWoosh Kaanáx Gaxtuda.aat (Let’s Gather Together) was written September 2021 for the Native community of Petersburg by Diane L՛xeis' Benson, of the T՛akdeintaan Clan for the purposes of bringing people together in good spirit. My gratitude and appreciation for the early assistance of Jeanette Ness.
Read MoreVoices of Séet Ká Kwáan is a radio show & podcast coming February 2022 on KFSK Public Radio, Apple Podcasts, & Spotify. Learn more about how it came to be and who is part of the show.
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