Fred Fulmer Tlingit Artist

Fred Fulmer Tlingit Elder-Cultural Bearer. My Mother is Tlingit from a village in Alaska called Hoonah.I was born 1958.My Tlingit name is Saał-Kaa which means “Named Great Man”. I’m from the Chookaneidee Clan, the Iceberg House or Glacier House. My mom’s people originated from Glacier Bay making me an Eagle/ Brown Bear. My wife and I lived in Ketchikan from 1981-1987, during this time I got influenced by all the Totems and Native culture all around us. While attending Ketchikan Community College I watched Nathan Jackson carve 2 Totems for Sealaska there on campus. This is where my interest in carving began, and grew as I learned my Mom's Grandfather Frank St. Clair carved a Totem pole for the A’ak’w Kwa’an people during the CCC days called the Yak’te pole, which stands in front of the old Auke Bay village site. I started working for Alaska Native Voices Educational Institute as a seasonal Tribal Cultural interpreter representing Xuna/Hoonah Tlingits 2024-2026.