My mother taught me to weave in the traditional way. I didn’t fully realize her strategy until she passed away… Read more Grieving my mother

In 2010, my mother, Clarissa Rizal, led a two week beginning Chilkat weaving class, which I assistant taught with her.… Read more Repairing The Flotilla Chilkat Robe

Loooong ago, I started reading Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. My firstborn child was 22 months old, but I stayed up… Read more Teaching Ravenstail & Chilkat Weaving

In April, 2017, I visited the Burke with my sister, Ursala, on a Bill Holm Research Grant. We viewed Ravenstail… Read more Repairing an Old Chilkat Robe at the Burke Museum

Lily Hope was born and raised in Juneau, Alaska to full-time artists. She is Tlingit Indian, of the Raven moiety.… Read more Yak’éi yagiyee (good day!)