Take for example a pair of iron handcuffs, intricately engraved by Galanin with Tlingit imagery. He calls the work, “Indian Children’s Bracelet,” in reference to the separation of families ...

Historically, her Tlingit people have carved formline imagery ... She was drawn to working with metals in a more wearable jewelry context. “I really like to create pieces that I think can ...

“hold their wrists out and be like ‘Can you tell me who made this bracelet?’ … and I often had to say ‘I’m not certain.’” There’s no guidebook to Tlingit jewelers and many ...

SIMON: But it was clear to Zachary James that the boxes, part of a collection of native Tlingit objects, were worth a closer look. So he bought an old DSLR camera that captures infrared light and ...

The book is now available more widely. All glass art is by Singletary, an American Tlingit, with photos by Russell Johnson. In this essay, Belarde-Lewis examines the multiple versions of the ...

On a trip to Southeast Alaska, I traveled to one village that is finding new ways to survive: Klukwan, ancestral home of the Tlingit tribe. Nestled along the banks of the Chilkat River ...