Alaska Native Heritage Center

The Alaska Native Heritage Center holds an annual Drum Festival. This took place Sat. March 21st. Here are some pictures of the event. I broke this up into two posts, with the other one focusing on international drum performers with this post reserved for the centers performers and its exhibits.



aaRaven greeting guests

aaMasingka, local performers

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Outside of the center is a lake surrounded by recreated heritage sites of local native tribes.

aaEyak, Tlingit, Haida, & Tsimshian
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aaTotem pole indigenous to these tribes

aaInupiaq
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aaYup'ik/Cup'ik

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aaAthabascan

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aaFood cache used by this tribe

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Click on the above photos to see them up close, & you can read about the tribes that are native to Alaska.

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