Tuesday, September 15, 2026 — An Indigenous-led opera retells a historic Tlingit act of resistance

A diverse team of mainly Alaska Native talent spent nearly nine years building the operatic version of a historic battle in the early 1800s. Battles ", a combination of music, writing, anthropology, and culture, is now on stage in Juneau, offering audiences a Tlingit perspective that is frequently dismissed in historical accounts.

Tuesday, September 15, 2026 — An Indigenous-led opera retells a historic Tlingit act of resistance

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A diverse team of mainly Alaska Native talent spent nearly nine years building the operatic version of a historic battle in the early 1800s.

Battles ", a combination of music, writing, anthropology, and culture, is now on stage in Juneau, offering audiences a Tlingit perspective that is frequently dismissed in historical accounts.

The presentation in the high art of opera adds a uniquely dramatic setting to a conflict that forever defined commerce, colonizat...

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A diverse team of mainly Alaska Native talent spent nearly nine years building the operatic version of a historic battle in the early 1800s. Battles ", a combination of music, writing, anthropology, and culture, is now on stage in Juneau, offering audiences a Tlingit perspective that is frequently dismissed in historical accounts. The presentation in the high art of opera adds a uniquely dramatic setting to a conflict that forever defined commerce, colonizat...

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