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THE LOCATION @santaferailyard | From May 8-11, 2025, the Santa Fe Railyard Arts District transforms into an international fashion capital, uniting over 30 groundbreaking designers and over 100 models for a four-day fashion experience unlike any other — where rising talent debuts alongside industry veterans in the largest collaborative showcase of Indigenous designers in North America.
@nativefashionweeksantafe (Instagram) ... Native Fashion Week Santa Fe (Website)
Dorothy Grant (Instagram) ... Himikalas Pamela Baker (Instagram)
@nativefashionweeksantafe • MEET THE DESIGNERS | Dorothy Grant Studio @dorothy.grant.studio Internationally renowned designer and traditional Haida artist, Dorothy Grant’s designs embody 10,000 years of living Haida culture Showcasing their work exclusively alongside 30+ Indigenous artists, designers and creatives presenting this season at #NFWSF25 | May 8-11, 2025
@nativefashionweeksantafe • MEET THE DESIGNERS | T.O.C. Legends @himikalas Himikalas Pamela Baker Artist . Entrepreneur . Fashion Designer . Squamish / Kwakiutl/Tlingit ancestry. Owner of Touch of Culture, TOC Legends House of Design Highly accomplished Indigenous Artist and Designer with 45 years of traditional knowledge and teachings of her family lineage and teachings.
In Santa Fe, Native Fashion Week Was a Celebration of Community By Christian Allaire (Vogue)
Over at Native Fashion Week Santa Fe, a focus was put on exploring the tension between tradition and modernity. Highlights included the work of Dorothy Grant, a legendary Haida designer known for her hand-appliquéd designs featuring Northwest Coast formline, and Pamela Baker, another veteran West Coast artist. Navajo designer Penny Singer showcased her new range of vibrant ribbon shirts and appliquéd jackets. Lauren Good Day, a prominent Indian Market artist, presented a collection of printed dresses and jackets—all featuring her signature ledger art on silks and organic cottons. “It was my interpretation of a neutral yet bold pallet—earth tone ledger florals on silks, organic cottons, and tencel,” says Good Day.
At the SWAIA shows, meanwhile, tradition prevailed further—with artisans using the hides, beadwork, and dentalium shells that their communities have designed with for centuries. Designer Randi Nelson created fitted gowns and vests using traditional hides. “The entire collection is created in black and the natural shades of hides, to focus on the beauty and diversity of the hide,” Nelson says. “Home-tanned hide is a material of wealth, and this collection challenges what luxury means.”
30+ Indigenous Designers Lead Fashion’s Next Chapter in Santa Fe By Native News Online Staff (Native News Online)
Curated by Amber-Dawn Bear Robe — a pioneering force in Indigenous fashion, member of the Siksika Nation, and the mind behind exhibitions like Fashioning Indigenous Futurism at the Getty Museum — this event is more than emerging; it's leading. A 2023 Canadian Arts and Fashion Changemaker Award recipient, Bear Robe continues to elevate Native designers onto global stages. “Indigenous fashion has been couture since before ‘couture’ existed. The precision, the artistry, the vision — it’s always been here, shaping style in ways the industry is only beginning to understand,” she says. “Native Fashion Week Santa Fe is where that influence takes the stage.”
Photo Left - Wabanoonkwe (Ojibwe) x Jennifer Younger (Tlingit) at SWAIA Native Fashion Week (SNFW) May 10th, 2025
Photo right - On Instagram, Jennifer Younger shared "Here we go!" Repost @nicholasgalanin - Women carvers kick adze,
Building Bridges artist & apprentice @jenniferyoungerdesigns first day on the Kootéeyaa (totem pole) project.
@scarletgalanin also captured with a ship adze.”SWAIA Native Fashion Week (SNFW) Announces 2025 Designer Lineup
Wabanoonkwe (Ojibwe) x Jennifer Younger (Tlingit) are one of
25 + Indigenous Fashion Designers Take Center Stage
at Premier U.S. Native Fashion Week. SANTA FE, N.M., May 10th, 2025
KHU.ÉEX'
Listen to New Singles - https://www.khueex.com/
Khu.éex' "We Pray" (YouTube)
The 1st single from Khu.éex's upcoming album "Red Cedar In The Hour of Chaos"
Khu.éex' "Lovebirds" Official Music Video (YouTube)
The 2nd single from Khu.éex's upcoming album "Red Cedar In The Hour of Chaos"
Check out this new album review - Reviews Khu.éex’ - Siyáadlan by Jon Davis (Exposé Music Newsletter) -
http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/khueex-siyaadlan-2.html
Clockwise from top left: Trumpeter Delbert Anderson; singer and bandleader Julia Keefe;
Gene Tagaban and Sondra Segundo of Khu.éex'; and center, saxophonist Jim Pepper.
Seattle radio shows boost recognition of Indigenous jazz KNKX Public Radio | By Alexa Peters (NPR)
Teuton has pulled together nearly 600 titles for the show that highlight Indigenous jazz legends, as well as up-and-coming
and local Indigenous jazz artists. The Seattle-based jazz-funk collective, Khu.éex’, made up of Indigenous musicians
from the Tlingit, Haida and Blackfoot tribes, is one of his favorite contemporary groups.
“ Jim Pepper's great. I play him all the time, But, learning about Delbert Anderson, Khu.éex’,
Julia Keefe, John-Carlos Perea, like all that great music out there,” Teuton said.
Screen capture of Khu.éex' at KNKX Studios
Link - Khu.éex' | KNKX Studio Session (21 minutes - YouTube)
Khu.éex' deliver a dynamic, poetic performance at the KNKX studios By Terae Stefon (NPR)
In an energetic KNKX Studio Session, 10-piece band Khu.éex' filled the space with their unique blend of jazz,
funk, rock, and spoken word in Indigenous languages Tlingit and Haida.
Featured 2025 Spring Artist Lectures
Evelyn Vanderhoop, Larry McNeil and Dakaxeen Mehner
Photo Right - Sealaska Heritage Institute Spring 2025 Lecture Series, Larry X̱ʼeidé McNeil (May 12th, 2025 SHI Event)
Larry McNeil Photography(Website)
Photo Left - Sealaska Heritage Institute Spring 2025 Lecture Series, Evelyn Vanderhoop (April 22, 2025 SHI Event)
Evelyn Vanderhoop (Blog)
Photo Top - Intersectionality: The Art and Identity of Da-ka-xeen Mehner (Burke Museum, April 10, 2025)
Dakaxeen Mehner (Instagram)
Dakaxeen Mehner (Website)
Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum (Facebook) shared
Announcing the 2025 Alaska Native Artist Residency Artists!
Liz Chikayaasix̂ Morrow, Unangax̂ painting and print making June 17 - July 3 ... Shirley Hootch, Yup’ik carving and jewelry making July 16 - Aug 4 ... Amber Webb, Yup’ik graphic drawing and beading Aug 11 - Aug 31 ... Danielle Larsen, Koyukon Athabascan & Unangax̂, painting and seal gut jewelry making Sept 2 - Sept 20 ... Anna Brown Ehlers, Tlingit, Chilkat weaving Sept 23 - Oct 14
76th Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau Alaska March 23rd-29th, 2025
Gold Medal Basketball Tournament (Official Website) ... GOLD MEDAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT - Alaska Sports Hall of Fame
Gold Medal Basketball (Fan website)
Photo Left - C Bracket champions Hydaburg pose for a photo Saturday after winning the 76th Annual
Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Photo Right - The 76th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament C Bracket All-Tournament Team, left to right, Darren Edenshaw (Hydaburg), Clifton Guthrie (Metlakatla), Eric Hamilton (Hydaburg), Chris Bryant (Metlakatla), and Travis Dybdahl (Hoonah). Not pictured Cody Hotch (Klukwan), Martin Sensmeier (Yakutat), Trevor Rostad (Kake). (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Hydaburg tops Metlakatla 85-70 for C Bracket title By Klas Stolpe (Juneau Empire)
Photo left - Referee Michael Smith shared on Facebook a photo of Gold Medal Tournament Refs Michael Smith, Jerry Meneese
and Manuel Gibson Fernandez with Martin Sensmeier (Yakutat).
Photo Right - Michael Smith shared on Facebook Martin Sensmeier is in the upcoming Season 2 of The Terminal List.
Martin Sensmeier Joins Season 2 Of ‘The Terminal List’ Amazon Series
By Denise Petski (Deadline)
Michael Smith - Coming to the Lions Club 76th Gold Medal Games you can sometimes run into basketball players who moonlight
doing other things. So nice to see Martin Sensmeier again. He’s actually a pretty good player in his own right.
Martin Sensmeier made The 76th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament C Bracket All-Tournament Team
MARTIN SENSMEIER @martinsensmeier
5 upcoming Films with MARTIN SENSMEIER https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2936232/
An accomplished Actor / Model / Producer Mr. Sensmeier has appeared in films
such as: - Magnificent Seven - Wind River - The Last manhunt
Photo Left - Womens Bracket champions Craig pose for a photo Saturday after winning the 76th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Photo Right - The 76th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament Womens Bracket All Tournament Team, left to right, Nani Weimer (Craig), Melissa Fisher (Hoonah), Florence Kargi (Hooper Bay), Susie Long (Hooper Bay), Michaela Demmert (Craig). Not pictured Brandi Hale (Hooper Bay), Nadine Fraker (Yakutat), Trinity Jackson (Yakutat), Monica Ashenfelter (Kake). (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
MVP Weimer leads Craig women to Gold Medal title By Klas Stolpe (Juneau Empire)
Photo Left - B Bracket champions Angoon pose for a photo Saturday after winning the 76th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Photo RIght - The 76th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament B Bracket All-Tournament Team, left to right, Clayton Edwin (Angoon), Kyle Fossman (Haines), Sean Oliver (Hoonah), Clayton Olmstead (Ketchikan), Ethan Kadake (Kake), Orion Dybdahl (Hoonah), Kirby Faverty (Haines) Dominic Brinson (Angoon), Tyler Swinton (Haines). Not pictured Vinny Edenshaw (Hydaburg), Nate Yockey (Klawock), Arthur Adams (Yakutat). (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Angoon defends B bracket Gold Medal championship By Klas Stolpe (Juneau Empire)
Photo Left - Masters Bracket champions Sitka pose for a photo Saturday after winning the 76th Annual
Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Photo Right - The 76th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament Masters Bracket All-Tournament Team, left to right, Syd Eubanks (Sitka), Jeremy Martin (Hoonah), Willie Hayward (Metlakatla), Danny Marsden (Metlakatla), Brian Friske (Klukwan), Michael Ganey (Klukwan). Not pictured Mitch Mork (Sitka),
Nick Davis (Kake), Jay Peterson (Kake). (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Masterful win by Sitka earns Gold Medal Championship By Klas Stolpe (Juneau Empire)
Photo Left - A (Open) Bracket champions Juneau-AML pose for a photo Saturday after winning the
76th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Photo Right - The 76th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament A (Open) Bracket All Tournament Team, left to right, Zach Kline (Mt. Edgecumbe), Kaleb Tompkins (Juneau-AML), Zach Anderson (Mt. Edgecumbe), Chase Saviers (Juneau-AML), Kaison Herrmann (Mt. Edgecumbe). Not pictured Alwen Carrillo (Filcom), Sam Lockhart (Southeast Boys). (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
MVP Tompkins leads Juneau to Gold Medal title By Klas Stolpe (Juneau Empire)
Photo Left - Hoonah’s Kayden Lamebull-Ingram (11) is fouled by Haines’ Kyle Rush (behind) while Tyler Swinton and Kyle Fossman
defend during Haines’ 75-70 B Bracket elimination game win Friday. (Photo Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Photo Right - Hooper Bay’s Ernie Joe and Yakutat’s Lorena Williams battle for a loose ball Friday during Hooper Bay’s 60-58
Women’s Bracket elimination game win over Yakutat. (Photo Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Championships set for Gold Medal tournament on Saturday By Klas Stolpe (Juneau Empire)
Juneau v. Mt. Edgecumbe; Craig v. Hooper Bay; Sitka v. Klukwan; Metlakatla v. Hydaburg; Angoon v. Haines.
Photo Left - Hydaburg’s Darren Edenshaw powers a shot through Metlakatla’s Bradley Martinez (11), Jason Enright (21) and Bryan Hayward during Metlakatla’s 74-65 C Bracket semifinal win Thursday. (Photo Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Photo Right - Photo Right - Hoonah fans lead a cheer during the B Bracket semifinal between Angoon and Hoonah on Thursday at the 76th Annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament (Photo Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Thursday Gold Medal play features semifinal action
By Klas Stolpe (Juneau Empire)
3 Screen captures as a panoramic view
Another view from our play by play on KINY live from the Gold Medal basketball tournament . The Eagle Raven dance group
KINY Facebook Reels Video Link - The Eagle Raven Dancers performing Thursday at the Gold Medal Basketball
Gold Medal Broadcast Game Schedule and Listen to Play by Play on KINY Radio - (Juneau's Lions Club)
https://www.frontiermediausa.com/gold-medal-basketball
Also https://www.iheart.com/live/am-800-kiny-8339/
Gold Medal Basketball Podcast - from KINY Radio's live broadcasts,
this podcast series includes the play-by-play for all 2025 Games and archived 2024 Games
Photo Left - Klukwan’s Andrew Friske (12) and Dave Buss (22) try to contain Hoonah’s Mark Prpich during Klukwan’s 94-73
Masters Bracket elimination game win Wednesday. (Photo Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Photo Right - Young fans cheer for Klukwan during a Master’s Bracket elimination game
against Hoonah on Wednesday (Photo Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Shakeout of teams underway as Gold Medal hits halfway point on Wednesday
By Klas Stolpe (Juneau Empire)
Photo Left - Filcom’s Alwen Carrillo (11) floats a shot over Southeast Boys’ Ryan Lee (40) during Filcom’s 77-74 A Bracket win Tuesday
(Photo Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Photo RIght - Kake’s Jay Peterson (13) scores among Metlakatla’s Danny Marsden (33), Archie Dundas and Steve Booth (42)
during Kake’s 62-48 Masters Bracket win Tuesday (Photo Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
New bracket, new thrills and elimination games Tuesday at Gold Medal
By Klas Stolpe (Juneau Empire)
Photo Left - Floor generals Kyle Fossman of Haines and Aquino Brinson of Angoon went head-to-head
in Angoon’s 77-72 B Bracket win Monday (Photo Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Photo Right - Hooper Bay’s Susie Long (3) shoots from past the arc over Hoonah’s Antonia Fogg and Jonelle Stavland (back)
in Women’s Bracket play Monday (Photo Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Monday madness at Gold Medal By Klas Stolpe (Juneau Empire)
Photo Left - Craig’s Nani Weimer shoots against Kake during Women’s Bracket action Sunday (Photo Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Photo Right - Kake’s Simon Friday shoots from past the arc over Ketchikan’s Archie Dundas (10) in B Bracket action Sunday
(Photo Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Opening day of 76th Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament sets the bar high
By Klas Stolpe (Juneau Empire)
Three Chilkat Valley teams slated to play in Gold Medal
by Rashah McChesney - Chilkat Valley News
Hoonah’s Melissa Fisher and Taryn White (24) challenge a shot by Angoon’s Tasha McCoy during their elimination game in the
2015 Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Gold Medal returns with hearty schedules By Klas Stolpe (Juneau Empire)
“Our rosters are diverse each year,” Juneau Lions Club President Tim Wilson said. “A lot of times that happens as players age up into other brackets and younger players enter the tournament. Then again, a lot of the names will be familiar to Gold Medal fans. We are excited about some of the new features this year.”
Official Rosters for the 2025 Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament (From Klas Stolpe's article)
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