Sealaska Heritage Institute
Ranelle Hinchmen | ALASKAN NATIVE ARTS
SHI
Digital Residency for Ranella Hinchmen.
Promoting Alaskan Native Arts and Artists
Lux Shawaat yoo xa̱t duwasáakw. Dleit ḵáa x’é̱ináx Ranelle Hinchman yoo xa̱t duwasáakw. Yeil naax x̱ a̱t sitee. L’uknax̱.ádi naax x̱ a̱t sitee. X’áakw yádi Hít yoo duwasáakw haa naa kahídi. Kaagwaantaan dachxá̱ n (áyá xá̱t) ka Chookaneidí S’e Shuyee ḵwáan áwé uháan Dzántik’i Héeni x’ yéi xa̱t yatee.
My Tlingit name is Lux Shawaat which means Coho Lady. My English name is Ranelle Hinchman. I am of the Raven moiety, I am of the Coho Clan. My clan house is Small Freshwater Coho House. I am Grandchild of Kaagwaantaan and Chookaneidi. My ancestral homeland is Edge of the Glacier Silt known as Glacier Bay, I live in Juneau.
Residency Details:
Ranelle will be demonstrating her art at the Walter Soboleff Building in the Delores Churchill Demonstrating Artist Studio in April. She will be teaching and demonstrating her beading skills to visitors and students.
“My parents encouraged my beading and gave me a most valuable lesson. Only bead with love, if you bead with anger or sadness you