The Alaska Innovators Hall of Fame recently inducted its first indigenous tool. Few people still use the hand-carved halibut hook, once popular with Southeast tribes. But there’s a push to make sure ...

Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has invited a young Tlingit fisherman and his grandfather to accept an award from the Juneau Economic Development Council and the Alaska State Committee for Research ...

The Tlingit and Haida, indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast (NWC), have used carved wooden hooks to catch halibut for centuries. As modern fishing technology crept into use, however, the old ...

A scholar has examined the evolution of wooden halibut hooks carved by native people of the Northwest Coast. The Tlingit and Haida, indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast (NWC), have used carved ...

The hook on the first day of the Juneau Economic Development Council Innovation Summit was exactly that. The halibut hook, a wooden fishing tool created centuries ago and used by Tlingit, Haida and ...

The Sheldon Jackson Museum’s July Artifact of the Month is a halibut hook (SJ.I.A.645). Despite serving the same purpose and having the same basic principal design as the other halibut hooks in the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This object is on loan to the ...

As the sun rose above Neah Bay one foggy morning three years ago, a boatful of anglers headed out to the Pacific Ocean to fish for halibut — something their Makah ancestors have done for thousands of ...

NEAH BAY — A fish hook has tied history, culture and the Makah community together in unexpected ways. The cibu·d (pronounced “cha bood”), or halibut hook, became the subject of a student project ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. FROM CARD: "HEAVY HOOK OF WOOD; ...