"Fishing out creatures at the beach" : Nick Bradley, 7, and 8-year-old
Ellis Miller fish out sea creatures at Rotary Beach June 19 as part of Children's Southeast Alaska Native Culture Week. The boys were part of 17 kids who participated in the week's worth of activities, which included traditional Native games, bead work, and observing a Tlingit carver at work.
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"Digging on the beach" : A girl digs in the sand at Rotary Beach as part of Children's Southeast Alaska Native Culture Week, June 17 - 21, 2002. The week included many traditional Native activities, including games, a day at Rotary Beach and learning about subsistence gathering.
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"Biologist explaining, kids listening" : Alaska Fish and Wildlife Biologist Boyd Porter explains to children the sea creatures and various foods traditionally found at the beach by subsistence gatherers. Mr. Porter and these children were at Rotary Beach on June 19th as part of Children's Southeast Alaska Native Culture Week, run by the City of Ketchikan's Totem Heritage Center.
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"Happy kid beading" : Alec Pankow, 8, works on his miniature octopus bag during Children's Southeast Alaska Native Culture Week. The kids participated in a wide range of traditional Native activities, also including a day at Rotary Beach learning about sea creatures and subsistence gathering,
as well as games designed to test participant's patience and skill.
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"Bernice beading with Danny" : Haida bead artist Bernice Davis works with Danny St. John on his miniature octopus bag project during Children's Southeast Alaska Native Culture Week.
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"Nick and Bernice" : Nick Bradley, 7, and Haida bead artist Bernice Davis work on Nick's miniature octopus bag project during Children's Southeast Alaska Native Culture Week.
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