Photos: Native dance and drum groups celebrate Quyana

Updated: October 21, 2018 Published: October 21, 2018

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Mary Soots holds Noah Soots in a cradleboard as she performs with the Naa Luudisk Gwaii Yatx’I dance group during Quyana at the Alaska Federation of Natives at the Dena’ina Center in downtown Anchorage, AK on Friday, Oct 19, 2018. (Bob Hallinen / ADN)

Seventeen groups performed during this year's Quyana at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage. Drum and dance groups from across the state performed during two nights of cultural celebration during the annual gathering.

Bob Hallinen

Bob Hallinen has been a photojournalist in Alaska since the 1980s and has traveled extensively all over the state. He retired from the ADN in November 2018 after 33 years at the newspaper.