X̱’unei Lance Twitchell, M.F.A., Ph.D.

Native Names

• Xh’unei (Tlingit)
• Du Aaní Kawdinook (Tlingit)
• Kh’eijáakw (Haida)

Current Projects

• Alaska Native Languages & Studies Column, Juneau Empire
• Alaska Native Languages & Studies Entries, Huffington Post
• Northwest Coast Native design projects
• Alaska Native Modern Art projects
• For the Love of Our Grandchildren: Tlingit Language & Knowledge Bearers, a film
• Never Forgotten: The Story of Tlingit Veteran’s of Combat, a film
• Beneath the Foot of the Sun, a book of poetry
• Raven Speak, a play
• Pebbles from the Beach, a screenplay
• Coyote’s Song, a novel
• Lingít Language Curriculum (2nd edition)
• Tlingit Language Documentation, Transcription, & Translation

Professional Awards & Service

• Top 40 Under 40, The Alaska Journal of Commerce award for up-and-coming leaders who demonstrate professional excellence and a commitment to community.
• Alaska Native Heritage Center Language Advisory Committee Member.
• Moment of Birth, giclée print—entry, 2012 Celebration Juried Art Show.
• Commissioned artist for Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indians of Alaska (2010-12).
• Commissioned artist for 2010 Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Leaders Summit.
• Raven and the Beauty of the Eagle Spirit, giclée print—third place, Celebration Juried Art Show
• 2010 Dennis Demmert Appreciation and Recognition Award from Native Alaskan Business Leaders at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in acknowledgement of support for Alaskan Native and rural Alaskan students.
• 2009 Alaska Native Visionary Award from the Alaska Native Heritage Month Committee in acknowledgement of artistic and cultural contributions to the Native community.
• 2009 Vine Deloria Jr. Memorial Scholarship from the American Indian College Fund.
• Recipient of a 2009 Vine Deloria Jr. Memorial Scholarship from the American Indian College Fund.
• A Voice in the Dusk: Language and the Modern Day Warrior, essay—third place, University of Alaska Harold McCracken Award for Outstanding Fiction and Nonfiction Writing About Alaska and the North Country (Spring, 2009).
• In a Backstroke of Pedals, short story—second place, University of Alaska Farthest North Fiction Contest (Spring, 2009).
• Xíxhch’, giclée print—third place, Fairbanks Arts Association Digital Media Art Contest (January, 2009).
• Du Xoonx’í Yán, Dleit Geedí, giclée print—winner, Alaska Native Heritage Month Art Showcase (November, 2008).
• Kids in Schizophrenia, memoir—winner, University of Alaska Harold McCracken Award for Outstanding Fiction and Nonfiction Writing About Alaska and the North Country (Spring, 2008).
• George McDaniel Writing Fund (2008–2009).
• Logo design & web design for Southeast Alaska Tribal Department of Transportation (2007).
• Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz Phelan Scholarship in Creative Writing (1998).
• University of Minnesota Alumni Association Student Leadership Award (1998).
• University of Minnesota President’s Student Leadership & Service Award (1998).