Elders Talking Circles 2/25

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Join us this Thursday (February 25th) from 5pm-6:30pm on Facebook for a special Elders Talking Circles with guest speaker Ishmael Khaagwáask’ Hope, an Inupiaq/Tlingit poet and scholar.

Hope’s presentation is titled:

“Haa Léelk’w Hás Ítnáxh Yaantu.át: We Are Following Our Grandparents”

The talking circle will be led by Lyle and Kolene James and held as a Facebook live event by tuning in to Tlingit & Haida’s Facebook page at: www.facebook/ccthita.

For info, contact Ann Stepetin, Family Service Worker 907.463.7131 • astepetin@ccthita-nsn.gov

Ed. note:  Ishmael Hope is a SE Alaska poet, writer and appreciator of family generations:

“My parents– mother Elizabeth Goodwin Hope, Taliiraq, and father Andrew Hope III, Xhaastánch– instilled in me a deep appreciation for my Iñupiaq and Tlingit cultures. My mother spoke to me as a baby about how I would contribute to my community. My father repeatedly had me listen to my Elders. My parents were poets as well, a part of a new, exciting era of multi-ethnic literature. This is my foundation.” ~ from 2014 article on NeverAlone; to read the full article, go here: neveralonegame.com/interview-never-alone-writer-ishmael-hope/

Image #2 is from the same article.