Nathan Jackson at the Alaska State Archives in Juneau, April 4, 2019.
Preeminent Tlingit artist Nathan Jackson described Haines Sheldon Museum director Helen Alten’s termination as “a big mistake.”
Jackson, 81, a Chilkoot Tlingit, was raised in Haines before moving to Ketchikan to be near the cedar wood he carves. The Sheldon Museum has about five of Jackson’s pieces, along with 65 Lukaax̱.ádi Raven house heirlooms stored for safekeeping on the…