During production, we filmed an interview with Rosita Worl, PhD. Her Tlingit names are Yeidiklas’akw and Kaaháni and she serves as the president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute. Dr. Worl is an anthropologist and conducted research throughout Alaska and the circumpolar arctic and taught at the University of Alaska Southeast. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard University and a B.A. from Alaska Methodist University. She also holds an honorary Doctor of Sciences degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage.

As acting president and leader at SHI, Kaaháni implements cross-cultural understanding and resilience to enhance the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures in Southeast Alaska. She has studied the extensive creation stories and oral traditions of Raven within these cultures and has developed an in-depth understanding of the raven’s significance to the indigenous cultures of Southeast Alaska.