Focusing on the Tlingit people for the month of October, Tommy Joseph Tlingit from Sitka made this battle armor helmet. Tommy is a master carver who has done extensive work and study on Tlingit battle armor traveling to many countries, where many Tlingit pieces ended up in various museums. Tommy has also done many other different types of pieces including totem poles. #CulturalHeritage #culturalexchange | Alaska Native Heritage Center

Tlingit language teachers are in Carcross this week working with students to help save and preserve the Tlingit language. "Language is the core of our identity," says teacher and elder Kèiyishí Besie Cooley. (More here --> http://www.cbc.ca/1.3715926) | CBC Yukon