Headwear – Feather

At an early age, Mike began to attend feasts, potlatches and other ceremonies in BC and Alaska
with his mother Arlene Roberts to start his training in each of the languages of his diverse background and begin study their art forms, histories, and cultures. At these gathering,
Mike also danced with his family’s dance group, the Juneau Tsimshian-Nisga’a Dancers, lead by his grandmother and
grandfather, Louisa and Reggie Dangeli. From these experiences, he learned how to host his own feasts, potlatches and totem
pole raisings, prepare traditional foods, speak for his family, and to perform the songs and dances of his people.