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Speaker B
“First place goes to Christina Weber. Congratulations. And again, they're all three winners.”Native Food Contest, Celebration 2024 | Sealaska Heritage · May 26, 2026

Speaker A
“We got together as a team, and I'll let my team introduce themselves here in a couple minutes. And we've already judged the seal oil and dry fish, and today we're in front of you to judge the seaweed.”Native Food Contest, Celebration 2024 | Sealaska Heritage · May 26, 2026

Speaker A
“each of us judges got a score sheet and we were able to score in 4 categories. We gave each category a 1 through 10. And so like for the seal oil, we judged it on freshness, on color, on taste, uh, And you know, with the dry fish, we looked at texture.”Native Food Contest, Celebration 2024 | Sealaska Heritage · May 26, 2026

Speaker A
“let's get some extra nutrients in today and try some of our seaweed, which is high in fiber and wonderful magnesium and other great nutrients for our bodies.”Native Food Contest, Celebration 2024 | Sealaska Heritage · May 26, 2026

Speaker B
“our traditional foods, even my father used to say that food should be respected like medicine. They're good for us. They're good for our soul. But they also bring us together as a people.”Native Food Contest, Celebration 2024 | Sealaska Heritage · May 26, 2026

Speaker A
“Sally Joseph, congratulations, you have gotten second place for our seaweed competition.”Native Food Contest, Celebration 2024 | Sealaska Heritage · May 26, 2026
Sealaska Heritage Institute announced the winners of its seaweed contest at Celebration 2024 in Juneau, completing a three-part traditional Native food competition that also judged seal oil and dry fish.

The Tlingit Culture, Language and Literacy program celebrated its inaugural 8th grade graduation Tuesday, with students delivering speeches and presentations entirely in Tlingit after years in the immersion program.
