Price talked about the story behind his project. Below: Harborview Elementary School's Tlingit Culture Language and Literacy Dance Group performed, bringing hope for new generations to come.Ī naming ritual for Kaasei Satú was followed by the well-anticipated moment of the uncovering of the totem pole.Ībove: Tlingit master carver Wayne Price and his creation, Kaasei Satú. Below: A release of grief ritual to stomp out 'big feelings', as put by Folletti Cruise.Ībove: Names of people lost to gender-based violence or survivors are written on wood chips collected from Kaasei Satú, and burnt in a Fire Dish Ceremony. This is violence that is 100% preventable, that needs to be named and challenged because it's unacceptable at every level."Īfter the opening remarks, cry songs were performed to express grief.Ībove: A 'cry song' to remember missing and murdered indigenous women. It found that over 50% of women have experienced domestic or sexual violence in their lifetime. In 2010, the state conducted a victimization survey in the City and Borough of Juneau.
"This is a healing totem pole and screen for victims and survivors of gender-based violence and missing and murdered indigenous people. Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon also spoke at the ceremony. Kootéeya is the Tlingit word for totem pole.Ĭole said that CBJ was there every step of the way through the seven years it took to get this project moving. As well as those we've lost and may this Kootéeya be one more light, the little light that we all need to heal ourselves, our family, and our community." So please take a minute to think about the survivors in your life. We'll learn more about this Kootéeya and the love that went into it and flows out of it.
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We all deserve beautiful places, full of spirit and healing that will fortify and strengthen these heavy hearts. And we will hold the people in this community who are in danger and who are in the middle of their own storm. And what I see today is a web of those threads between all of us, building the softest, strongest safety net that you can ever imagine. And it meant that we could never truly be separated and we would never truly be alone. When my son was little, I used to tell him that there was a tiny, fine, impossibly strong golden thread that went from my heart to his heart. "Today's a day for feeling and seeing the connection between all of us, as survivors, as mothers and fathers, as humans. Seikooni Fran Houston and Kaasei Naomi Michalsen also gave remarks.ĪWARE Executive Director Mandy Cole talked about what Kaasei Satú means to her as a community leader. The 22-foot totem pole is located at Twin Lakes in the frontal part of the parking lot.Ĭeremonies preceded the veiling welcoming and opening speeches by Daaljíni Mary Folletti Cruise and Aanshawatk’i Sarah Dybdahl. Kaasei Satú is to remember missing and murdered indigenous women, and all survivors of sexual and domestic violence, a project in coalition with AWARE, Tlingit & Haida, the Wooshkeetaan, the L’eeneidi A’aakw Kwa’an, and CBJ. Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Tlingit master carver Wayne Price unveiled his healing totem, Kaasei Satú on Saturday afternoon. Tlingit master carver Wayne Price stands in front of his creation, Kaasei Satú.
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