Wooshteen Kanaxtulaneegí Haa At Wuskóowu
Sharing our Knowledge: A Conference of Tsimshian, Haida and Tlingit Tribes and Clans
March 25-28, 2009 • Centennial Hall • Juneau, Alaska

Call for Presentations
Announcement (pdf)

Proposal for Presentations
(Word document)

Information on 2007 Conference

Contact clanconference@gmail.com

Haa Shkalneekx’í Wooshteen Kanaxtulaneegí: telling Our Stories
Dedicated to the late Andrew Hope III, Clan Conference founder

About the Conference
Bringing together Native and non-Native cultural experts and scholars, the “Clan Conference” concept was pioneered by the late Andy Hope III. The first conference was held in May 1993 in Haines/Klukwan, followed in the next few years by conferences in Ketchikan/Saxman and Sitka. Ten years lapsed until the most recent conference, held in Sitka in March 2007, which attracted over 400 participants and 90 presenters speaking on a wide variety of topics, including linguistics, archaeology, museum studies, cultural anthropology, education, ethnohistory, art and music, traditional ecological knowledge, indigenous law, and fisheries.

The 2009 conference will continue this multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural spirit. Native elders and experts in traditional culture, academic scholars and students will share their knowledge and work involving a wide variety of topics. The conference will afford a rare opportunity for key researchers and experts to share information with their colleagues, students, members of the Native community, and the public.

The 2009 theme, “Haa Shkalneekx’í Wooshteen Kanaxtulaneegí: Telling Our Stories” highlights the importance of oratory and writing to modern Tlingit culture. A plenary session, and other concurrent workshops, will focus on this and related topics. Other sessions and presentations may focus on a wide variety of topics relating to Tlingit culture.