Jennie Thlunaut, the Glossary
Jennie Thlunaut (–1986) was a Tlingit artist, who is credited with keeping the art of Chilkat weaving alive and was one of the most celebrated Northwest Coastal master weavers of the 20th century.[1]
Table of Contents
19 relations: Alaska, American Book Awards, Angoon, Alaska, Chilkat weaving, Clarissa Rizal, Haines, Alaska, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Klukwan, Alaska, Mountain goat, National Endowment for the Arts, National Heritage Fellowship, Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Potlatch, Richard Dauenhauer, Sealaska Corporation, Smithsonian Institution, Tlingit, Tlingit language, Wrangell, Alaska.
- Native American textile artists
- Northwest Coast art
- Textile artists from Alaska
- Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes people
- Tlingit artists
- Weavers from Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.
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American Book Awards
The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement".
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Angoon, Alaska
Angoon (sometimes formerly spelled Angun, Aangóon) is a city on Admiralty Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, United States.
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Chilkat weaving
Chilkat weaving is a traditional form of weaving practiced by Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and other Northwest Coast peoples of Alaska and British Columbia. Jennie Thlunaut and Chilkat weaving are northwest Coast art.
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Clarissa Rizal
Clarissa Rizal (June 4, 1956 – December 7, 2016) was a Tlingit artist of Filipino descent. Jennie Thlunaut and Clarissa Rizal are 20th-century Native American artists, 20th-century Native American women, Alaska Native women, National Heritage Fellowship winners, Native American textile artists, Textile artists from Alaska, Tlingit artists and Weavers from Alaska.
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Haines, Alaska
Haines (Tlingit: Deishú) is a census-designated place located in Haines Borough, Alaska, United States.
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Harvard Museum of Natural History
The Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) is a natural history museum housed in the University Museum Building, located on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Klukwan, Alaska
Klukwan (Tlákw.aan) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alaska, United States.
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Mountain goat
The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus), also known as the Rocky Mountain goat, is a cloven-footed mammal that is endemic to the remote and rugged mountainous areas of western North America.
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National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence.
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National Heritage Fellowship
The National Heritage Fellowship is a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists by the National Endowment for the Arts. Jennie Thlunaut and National Heritage Fellowship are National Heritage Fellowship winners.
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Nora Marks Dauenhauer
Nora Marks Keixwnéi Dauenhauer (May 8, 1927 – September 25, 2017) was a Tlingit poet, short-story writer, and Tlingit language scholar from Alaska. Jennie Thlunaut and Nora Marks Dauenhauer are 20th-century Native American women.
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Potlatch
A potlatch is a gift-giving feast practiced by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and the United States,Harkin, Michael E., 2001, Potlatch in Anthropology, International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes, eds., vol 17, pp.
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Richard Dauenhauer
Richard Dauenhauer (April 10, 1942 – August 19, 2014) was an American poet, linguist, and translator who married into, and subsequently became an expert on, the Tlingit nation of southeastern Alaska.
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Sealaska Corporation
Sealaska Corporation is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) in settlement of aboriginal land claims.
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Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.
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Tlingit
The Tlingit or Lingít are Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America and constitute two of the two-hundred thirty-one (231, as of 2022) federally recognized Tribes of Alaska.
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Tlingit language
The Tlingit language (Lingít) is spoken by the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada and is a branch of the Na-Dene language family.
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Wrangell, Alaska
Wrangell (Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw, Vrangel') is a borough in Alaska, United States.
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See also
Native American textile artists
- Alice Blue Legs
- Alice Littleman
- Ardina Moore
- Beatien Yazz
- Clarissa Rizal
- Emma Kickapoo
- Florence Shotridge
- Georgeann Robinson
- Jay Red Eagle
- Jean Adeline Morgan Wanatee
- Jennie Thlunaut
- Josephine Myers-Wapp
- Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty
- Lily Hope
- Margaret Roach Wheeler
- Marjorie Bear Don't Walk
- Mary Holiday Black
- Narcissa Chisholm Owen
- Natalie Ball
- Nellie Star Boy Menard
- Ramona Sakiestewa
- Rose Frank (artist)
- Ska-ba-quay Tesson
- Teri Rofkar
- Tyra Shackleford
- Ursala Hudson
- Wendy Ponca
Northwest Coast art
- Antalis pretiosa
- Bill Holm (art historian)
- Bill Reid
- Cedar bark textile
- Charles Edenshaw
- Chilkat weaving
- Coast Salish art
- Debra Sparrow
- Dentalium shell
- Dorothy Grant
- Doug Cranmer
- Duane Pasco
- Ellen Neel
- Formline art
- Haida argillite carvings
- Haida ceremonial dance rattle (Indianapolis Museum of Art)
- Haida manga
- Henry Hunt (artist)
- James Schoppert
- Jennie Thlunaut
- Joe David
- Joe Hillaire
- Kwakwakaʼwakw art
- Kwanusila
- Mark Loria Gallery
- Mungo Martin
- Northwest Coast art
- Pacific Northwest canoes
- Ravenstail weaving
- Reg Davidson
- Richard Hunt (artist)
- Robert Davidson (artist)
- Roy Henry Vickers
- Salish weaving
- Simon Charlie
- Stanley C. Hunt
- Talking stick
- Teri Rofkar
- The Raven and the First Men
- Thunderbird (mythology)
- Thunderbird Park (Victoria, British Columbia)
- Tlugwe
- Totem pole
- Totem poles
- Willie Seaweed
- Wooden halibut hook
Textile artists from Alaska
- Clarissa Rizal
- Delores Churchill
- Esther Littlefield
- Fran Reed
- Jennie Thlunaut
- Lily Hope
- Lisa Telford
- Teri Rofkar
- Ursala Hudson
Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes people
- Alison Bremner
- Bill K. Williams
- Charles Menzies (anthropologist)
- Ernestine Hayes
- Jennie Thlunaut
- Lance Twitchell
- Martin Sensmeier
- Michaela Goade
- Rosita Worl
- Todd Gloria
Tlingit artists
- Alison Bremner
- Clarissa Rizal
- Corrine Hunt
- Da-ka-xeen Mehner
- Dempsey Bob
- Edna Jackson
- Esther Littlefield
- Florence Shotridge
- Jackson Polys
- James Johnson (woodcarver)
- James Schoppert
- Jennie Thlunaut
- Kelsey Mata
- Lani Hotch
- Larry McNeil (photographer)
- Lily Hope
- Michaela Goade
- Nathan Jackson (artist)
- Nicholas Galanin
- Pamela Rae Huteson
- Preston Singletary
- Tanis S'eiltin
- Teri Rofkar
- Ursala Hudson
- Vicki Lee Soboleff
- Zoë Marieh Urness
Weavers from Alaska
- Belle Deacon
- Clarissa Rizal
- Delores Churchill
- Florence Shotridge
- Fran Reed
- Isabella Edenshaw
- Jennie Thlunaut
- Lani Hotch
- Lily Hope
- Lisa Telford
- Teri Rofkar
- Ursala Hudson
- Vicki Lee Soboleff
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Thlunaut
Also known as Jenny Thlunaut.