Speaker A
0:57 - 1:29
"My English name is Olivia Robertskanuk is Margaret Roberts granddaughter, and she's been really excited to introduce her songs. But the next one we're going to dance for you is called Sakulak. This song was written by Lauren Anderson, and it speaks of how our ancestors, when they were missing our loved ones, we would send messages to them by talking to the birds that we would see."
“My English name is Olivia Robertskanuk is Margaret Roberts granddaughter, and she's been really excited to introduce her songs. But the next one we're going to dance for you is called Sakulak. This song was written by Lauren Anderson, and it speaks of how our ancestors, when they were missing our loved ones, we would send messages to them by talking to the birds that we would see.”
- Speaker
- Speaker A
- Timestamp
- 0:57 – 1:29
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- June 4, 2026
From the transcript
My English name is Olivia Robertskanuk is Margaret Roberts granddaughter, and she's been really excited to introduce her songs. But the next one we're going to dance for you is called Sakulak. This song was written by Lauren Anderson, and it speaks of how our ancestors, when they were missing our loved ones, we would send messages to them by talking to the birds that we would see. And the birds would fly far away to the ancestral world and share the messages with our loved ones.
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