From left: Lu Knapp, Sue Ramsey, Kayla Rooney and Laura Helgeson perform a traditional Tlingit dance as they exit the WHS gymnasium during last week’s National Native Heritage Assembly.
In the language of the Tlingit people, there is a saying that goes, “Sh yaa.awudaneiyi a kwaan,” which means “Respect people, respect yourself too, and other people will respect you.”
The late Dr. Walter Soboleff, a Tlingit Elder, spiritual leader and past chair of the Sealaska Heritage Institute Board of Trustees, coined the quote in years past – and it never had more meaning than last week at the National Native Heritage Assembly held on November 29 at Wrangell High School.
The assembly, which featured traditional Native dancers, and speakers Sue Ramsey, Lu Knapp and Tammi Meissner, focused...
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