Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center

Gwich’in Athabascan Dixie Alexander was raised in a traditional Athabascan lifestyle in Fort Yukon, Alaska where her vitsuu (grandmother) Julia Peter mentored her in skin sewing, beading, and traditional knowledge. Dixie creates beautiful, finely detailed art pieces that are currently on display throughout Alaska and at the Smithsonian Institution of Natural History in Washington DC. Join her for a three-day workshop making small beaded items that you can give away as Christmas gifts…or keep for yourself! No beadwork experience is…

Gwich’in Athabascan Dixie Alexander was raised in a traditional Athabascan lifestyle in Fort Yukon, Alaska where her vitsuu (grandmother) Julia Peter mentored her in skin sewing, beading, and traditional knowledge. Dixie creates beautiful, finely detailed art pieces that are currently on display throughout Alaska and at the Smithsonian Institution of Natural History in Washington DC. Join her for a three-day workshop making small beaded items that you can give away as Christmas gifts…or keep for yourself! No beadwork experience is…

Gwich’in Athabascan Dixie Alexander was raised in a traditional Athabascan lifestyle in Fort Yukon, Alaska where her vitsuu (grandmother) Julia Peter mentored her in skin sewing, beading, and traditional knowledge. Dixie creates beautiful, finely detailed art pieces that are currently on display throughout Alaska and at the Smithsonian Institution of Natural History in Washington DC. Join her for a three-day workshop making small beaded items that you can give away as Christmas gifts…or keep for yourself! No beadwork experience is…

Emma Hildebrand was born in Northway and raised in a semi-subsistence lifestyle. Her Koyukon Athabascan mother taught her to bead and skin sew from the age of seven. She was selected Miss WEIO in 1981 in a moosehide parka with beadwork and beaver fur trim that was her first major project that took a full year to complete. She earned a Business Administration degree from UAF in 1986 and returned to Northway where she was CEO of Northway’s Native corporation…

Emma Hildebrand was born in Northway and raised in a semi-subsistence lifestyle. Her Koyukon Athabascan mother taught her to bead and skin sew from the age of seven. She was selected Miss WEIO in 1981 in a moosehide parka with beadwork and beaver fur trim that was her first major project that took a full year to complete. She earned a Business Administration degree from UAF in 1986 and returned to Northway where she was CEO of Northway’s Native corporation…

On select First Fridays throughout the year, join us from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center for an evening of activities including a reception featuring the work of an Interior Alaskan artist.  Check our “Special Events” tab and Facebook page for info about upcoming First Fridays. To inquire about showing your art at a future First Friday event, call the Alaska Public Lands Information Center at (907) 459-3730.

Gwich’in Athabascan Fiddle Dance | Dance Lessons | November 6-9, 2019 For reservations or information, contact TCC Cultural Programs at 907.459.3741 or cultural.programs@tananachiefs.org

On select First Fridays throughout the year, join us from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center for an evening of activities including a reception featuring the work of an Interior Alaskan artist.  Check our “Special Events” tab and Facebook page for info about upcoming First Fridays. To inquire about showing your art at a future First Friday event, call the Alaska Public Lands Information Center at (907) 459-3730.