“WE ARE NOT BEING acknowledged on our own lands, our own continents, our own territories and in the history books … but here we are, the invisible peoples,” says Gene Tagaban, 56, of Ruston, Washington. Tagaban, whose Tlingit name is Guuy Yaau, is Cherokee, Tlingit, and Filipino. He strives to keep his people’s ancestral wisdom and history alive through storytelling, mentoring, healing, and learning.…
