My name is Roger Goodall. D.O.B.: 12-20-65. I am an Alaskan Native Artist from South-East Alaska. I am Tlingit, Kaagwaantaan, Eagle/Wolf from the Eaglenest house in Sitka.
I first began studying Alaskan Native art and history in the 10th grade, under the guidance of my art teachers: Ms. Pearce, carver Wayne Price, and Linguist Esther Shea at Ketchikan High School in 1982.
During this time I learned that until more recent times (1960s or so) the Tlingit people did not have a written language and that the arts identifies our clans, our houses, our family crests and so on, and is one of our primary forms of communication, as is storytelling, carving, and oral tradition.
I took my art quite naturally and through the years, I continued to sketch and work with art for a number of different reasons, including: identity, keeping my culture and history alive, financial supplemments, dealing with life on life’s terms, as a reason for staying clean and sober, and to act as an example for my boys.
Currently, I have works available in Sitka, on Prince of Whales Island (In South-East Alaska), in Anchorage at Two Spirits Art Gallery, The Anchorage Museum, The Alaska Native Heritage Center, The Alaska Native Arts Foundation, Alaska Native Medical Center Gift Shop, in Sitka at The Tribes of Alaska gift shop, The Devilfish Gallery, and The Sheldon Jackson gift shop and Museum.
I very much enjoy my work and hope to keep a working relationship with all these folks and it is my sincere hope that you will want to share this small part of Alaska Native Art and History with your family, friends, and whosoever may be interested in it as well.
Often times, one piece of art may only represent a small part of a larger picture … For now, my small part of that picture is to continue to share more about my art & culture and to live and learn through example and a few other things as we go…
Sincerely,
Roger Goodall
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