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Hoonah Community Members
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Events and Gatherings
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In this 11-minute short film we highlight some of Hoonah's rich basketball history spanning generations.
Community
Hoonah Community Members
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People and Places
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This 12-minute video features six Hoonah community members giving an inside look into their smokehouses and share insights on the foods they smoke.
Community
Hoonah Community Members
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Events and Gatherings
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This film was created by Huna Heritage Foundation and the Hoonah Indian Association Environmental Program. The purpose is to share some basic information on spruce tips, including how to gather them and provide suggestions on what you can make with them.
Community
Hoonah Community Members
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Events and Gatherings
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This film was created by Huna Heritage Foundation and the Hoonah Indian Association Environmental Program. The purpose is to share some basic information on beach asparagus, including how to gather and one example of how to preserve them.
Community
Hoonah Community Members
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Events and Gatherings
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"This 3-minute video on harvesting Fireweed and making Fireweed jelly was created by Huna Heritage Foundation in collaboration with the HIA Environmental Program. We hope you are inspired to give it a try. Happy harvesting!"
Community
Hoonah Community Members
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Events and Gatherings
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This 4-minute video on harvesting Blueberries and making Blueberry Jam was created by Huna Heritage Foundation in collaboration with the HIA Environmental Program and features the Training Rural Alaskan Youth Leaders & Students (TRAYLS) Hoonah crew.
Community
Hoonah Community Members
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Events and Gatherings
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This video features archival photographs and video footage of revered Hoonah elders, Mamie Williams, Jennie Lindoff and Anita Lafferty, each sharing stories of our way of life, our foods, lifestyle and culture, told with love and laughter.
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Hoonah Community Members
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Hoonah Fire of 1944
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This 22-minute film is a Huna Heritage Foundation production, in association with the Institute of Museum and Library Services. It was created by Melissa Fisher for Huna Heritage in 2019 from archival footage, interviews and photographs.
Community
Hoonah Community Members
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Fishing
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This 20-minute film was created from archival video footage, photographs and audio recordings to showcase Hoonah's fishing legacy.The film shares some of the history that celebrates Hoonah, Alaska’s rich fishing history and the people who made it great.
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
People and Places
Summary
Mr. and Mrs. Cordle were teachers in Hoonah and took footage of various Hoonah events on a reel to reel video camera.
Community
Hoonah Community Members
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Hoonah Fire of 1944
Summary
In 2005 Winnie Smith was interviewed on her memories of the Hoonah fire of June 14, 1944. She also shares some general Hoonah history. Interviewed by Frank O. Williams, Jr.
Community
Hoonah Community Members
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Hoonah Fire of 1944
Summary
In a 2005 interview, Karl Greenwald, Sr recounts the Hoonah fire of 1944, interviewed by Frank O. Williams, Jr.