COURSE DESCRIPTION
This Chilkat weaving course will involve learning the beginning techniques of Chilkat weaving. It is an ancient art that encompasses the spiritual and secular purposes of declaring identity and social standing in current and past cultures of the Pacific Northwest Coast people; Haida Tsimshian and Tlingit.  This class will include demonstrations and presentations of weaving garments and ceremonial use.

INSTRUCTOR
Sydney Akagi is a Tlingit Chikat and Ravenstail weaver passionate about preserving traditional arts and furthering her cultural knowledge. Sydney was born and raised in Southeast Alaska, the traditional land of the Lingit Aani, and continues to reside there today, while spending her summers on the Taku River, raising her children, building, weaving and processing sockeye.

Sydney was born and raised in Southeast Alaska, the traditional land of the Lingit Aani, and continues to reside there today, while spending her summers on the Taku River, raising her children, building, weaving and processing sockeye. She is an enrolled member of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Sydney’s Tlingit name is Tleinax Shaawat, and she is of the Kiks.adi Clan (Raven/Frog) from Sheet’ka (Sitka, AK).