For the first time this year, tribal members were hired as ambassadors to share their own experiences and culture with visitors.
Jinkasee.ee Rose Willard explains a náxw, or halibut hook to visitors. She is one of 10 cultural ambassadors at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on June 13, 2024. When tourists come to Juneau, the Mendenhall Glacier is usually near the top of their sightseeing list. It gets hundreds of thousands of visitors each summer.
from the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska that will spend their summer teaching visitors about Lingít culture — and about how Lingít people are connected to the glacier. It’s part of the new co-management“That’s the first question people ask: Are you Lingít? Are you of this area? Are you a local? People want to know: are you a representation?” she said. “So I think it’s really important for them to know that they are speaking to a person who is from this area.
And, she said, it still feels like these interactions are authentic, not superficial or theatrical glimpses into her heritage. “I think that’s very important to not only talk about the importance of our environment around here,” Strand said. “But the importance of the culture around it as well.”
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