Pictured from left to right, Kash Kaaní Jeanette Ness and her grandchildren Charlee and Astrid Rodriguez holding drums and wearing regalia.
After 36-years leading Petersburg's Séet Ká Kwáan Dancers, Kash Kaaní Jeanette Ness is retiring and passing leadership of the group to veteran dancers Kalxeich Kayla Perry and Xáay Sháawát Laurel McCullough, both of the Wooshketaan clan.
In 1989, Ness was on the parent committee for the Johnson O'Malley (JOM) program for Native students. The committee decided to hold a Potlatch in March 1990, inviting over 300 JOM students from Southeast Alaska to Petersburg. "Ruth Demmert of Kake came over to teach us Tlingit songs and dancing in preparation of the Potlatch," Ness said.
"The weeks and the hun...
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