Native Arts: Tour of the Longhouse and Carving Studio

Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: TBA

Session Description:

Have you ever wondered about the meaning of the Thunderbird above the entrance to the Longhouse? Do you know why there are "welcome figures" at the Longhouse entrance and not totem poles? Do you know how the woven cedar screens in the cedar room were used in ancient times? Who donated the giant Red Cedar for the Thunderbird?  Come explore the answers to these questions and learn more about the Longhouse's international indigenous arts collection, led by Longhouse Director Tina Kuckkahn-Miller. Following the tour, the group will visit the Longhouse's new carving studio, "Pay3q'ali" where a drum making workshop will be in progress.

Facilitator Biography:

Tina Kuckkahn-Miller, JD: Tina has served as the director of Evergreen's “House of Welcome” Longhouse Education and Cultural Center since it opened in 1996. As a public service center, the Longhouse’s mission is to promote indigenous arts and cultures. With degrees in education and law from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Tina is an adjunct member of the faculty at Evergreen. She teaches a fund development course for the Master of Public Administration Program and serves as the Planning Unit Coordinator for the Native Programs at Evergreen. Tina is the staff representative to the Evergreen State College Foundation’s Board of Governors. She also serves on the Indigenous Program Council at the Banff Centre in Alberta, as well as the Board of Directors for the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s project to create a new cultural center that will provide infrastructure and support to rural, reservation-based artists in Northern Wisconsin. Affiliated with both the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (enrolled) and the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribes, Tina works with a multitude of tribal peoples and artists from throughout the Pacific Rim in her roles at Evergreen.

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