Maka Monture Paki | Keixe Yaxti, a Lingit woman from Yaakwdaat, carries a rich heritage rooted in her clan's migration. Hailing from Yaakwdaat, a village in the Northern reaches of Southeast Alaska, Maka belongs to the Raven moiety of the Copper River Clan, and the House of the Owl, and is a child of the Kanien'kehá:ka people. Her understanding of humanity was deeply influenced by traditional practices, including harvest, song and dance, language, ceremony, and genealogy. Maka’s creative work emerges from a place where storytelling meets a vision for artistic abundance. She remains a lifelong student of Lingit history and art.
