Alaska Insiders | Tlingit Culture with Frank Katasse

Alaska Insiders are people who live and breathe Alaska. Frank Katasse is an actor, director, producer, improviser and playwright. Frank is from the Tlingit clan Tsaagweidí and grew up on Douglas Island in Southeast Alaska.
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[@AlaskaBikeDoctor]

I’ve had the good fortune to meet Frank and his family. Such a talented family.

[@Un-cruise]

Thanks Ken, we agree a very talented person teaching true culture and connection.

[@jillharling]

My husband was adopted at one day old, father Tlingit, mom was 15, white. That’s all he knows, he is a very tall large man, definitely can see the native Alaskan in him ❤

[@itsmarius3778]

Yes, we are here from having to read Touching Spirit Bear and to learn about this awesome culture.

[@widsilson7965]

Im here because i just thought their helmets looked cool

[@v8139]

Yes i didnt read the whole book and im writing a essay about edwin describing the significance of the totem pole tinglit culture

[@evabalga6133]

There are several books available and also video lessons.

[@politeduck77]

My grandma didn't teach my mom or any of her siblings the Tlingit language and I'm a bit sad i have to learn it on my own. I have a pale complexion and i don't look Native American despite it being most of my heritage and i sometimes feel like I'm not native american and I'm not of where my family comes from and I'm a bit sad about that. My mother has told me some stories and told me what family and clan i belong to but.. I feel fake.

[@Un-cruise]

Thank you for sharing your experience. Reach out to the cultural representatives in Alaska, like Frank Katasse in this video.

[@galilei7748]

Are you familiar with X'unei Lance Twitchell?

[@politeduck77]

@@galilei7748 I have not, will you enlighten me?

[@Seawitch907]

You are not alone. Many elders were sent to “boarding schools “ get the native beat out of them. So they didn’t pass it on to the next generation out of fear and brainwashing. I’ve lived in Southeast Alaska since 75 and have seen this in many families, it’s very sad and tragic 😢

[@Madame_Tactics]

Exact same here. I'm native from the Tlingit tribe as well, on my father's side. My dad looks the part, I don't. I'm half German as well (mother, and took the pale complexion from her. My dads' dad was a true native and I wish so badly I got to meet him. He lived in Alaska, my father left his family and came to Idaho for my mother. I met a gut who was a native and when i said I was too, he gave me such a look...😭

[@janaenae1338]

I'm a Tlingit but my mom and her twin were adopted so

[@jeremywade9343]

Hi I am half Tlingit.

[@tptteachplaytravel6196]

Hi Jeremy!

[@Goldrunner1169]

My tribe is neighbors with the Tlingit

[@davidhalaholo2380]

Cool. 😇

[@HathaBhaktiKundiliniYogaBahkti]

U are Good so u even ppoo good

[@user-rq2qh5ry1z]

❤

[@Beeni-wello777]

Looks 🐝 utiful up there, aay

[@Un-cruise]

Thank you :)

[@lisaedenshaw-krieger4241]

Gunalch'eesh

[@matthewmann8969]

Who was in Alaska longer The Eskimos(Inuits And Yupiks), Aleuts, Or Amerindians?

[@Goldrunner1169]

Amerindians

[@tendomancer6955]

Meh I'm alaskan native and tlingit and don't know a single thing about my culture 🤣

[@evabalga6133]

Start with Tlingit dictionary . I tried to send you link but it showed error. Good luck and keep the culture alive!

[@nocapbussin]

Even people of European descent don't know their own cultures lol. Ask the typical white guy who's a devout Baptist, Methodist, etc. Christian about what his ancestors did and what they believed in and they won't have a clue. All our histories have been systematically destroyed

[@Beeni-wello777]

This guy looks mama'thla but I have cousins who are half white...