Memorial for Tlingit leader Albert Kookesh to be livestreamed
Ceremony slated for June 4 in Angoon
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Sealaska Heritage Institute
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) and Sealaska will offer a live webstream from Angoon to share the memorial service for the late Tlingit leader Kaasháan, Albert Kookesh.
The ceremony is scheduled at 6 p.m. (AKDT), Friday, June 4. The service will be available through the MySealaska website and open to the public via Sealaska Heritage Institute’s YouTube. All loved ones, friends, acquaintances and well-wishers are welcome to tune in.
Kookesh Walked Into The Forest on May 28 at his home in Angoon surrounded by family at the age of 72. Albert was Tlingit, Eagle/Tei
Flyer via SHI Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The 2021 southern Native Youth Olympic Traditional Games have been rescheduled to May 22 and 23. They were postponed last week due to a COVID-19 outbreak in Ketchikan.
The northern Traditional Games are scheduled for this weekend, May 8 and 9, in Juneau.
Both events will be live-streamed on Sealaska Heritage Institute s YouTube channel and a special website set up for the event.
More information is available on the SHI website.
Juneau Native Youth Olympics coach Kyle Worl demonstrates the One Foot High Kick during a Traditional Games practice at the Juneau-Douglas High School Yadaa.at Kalé gym. (Klas Stolpe) Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The 2021 Native Youth Olympics Traditional Games will stream live from the Thunder Mountain High School gymnasium this Saturday and Sunday.
Juneau Native Youth Olympics coach Kyle Worl said the games are generally held each spring and normally feature teams from across the region and state and have even included teams from Canada and Arizona.
“The games are slimmed down this year and focused on more Southeast teams split into northern and southern events,” said Worl, a coordinator for the northern event in Juneau and for the southern event in Ketchikan, which has been rescheduled to May 22-23 due to a recent coronavirus concern there. “Safety is our biggest priority. We are able to invite teams with high vaccinatio
Sealaska Heritage Institute postpones 2021 Traditional Games in Ketchikan due to COVID-19
SHI hoping to reschedule event later in May
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News Release Sealaska Heritage Institute
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has postponed the southern Native Youth Olympics Traditional Games that was slated to happen at the Ketchikan High School this weekend.
The change was made following a spike in new COVID-19 cases in Ketchikan this week, including five that were announced by the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District on Tuesday.
2021 Traditional Games, Southern Regional Games: Ketchikan flyer
(Image: Sealaska Heritage Institute)
Sealaska Heritage Institute is hoping to reschedule the event later in May and will continue to monitor the situation. Prior to the outbreak, the 2021 games planned in Ketchikan and Juneau were restructured in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health guidelines to ensure safety. Only athletes, coaches and organi