Nathan Jackson

Nathan Jackson (, born August 29, 1938) and the most important Alaskan artists. He is best known for his totem poles, but works in a variety of media.

Jackson belongs to the Sockeye clan on the Raven side of the Chilkoot Tlingit. some of which are on display in the National Museum of the American Indian, the Field Museum in Chicago, Harvard University's Peabody Museum, and other museums in the United States, Europe, and Japan. in Totem Bight State Historical Park, at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, and at the Totem Heritage Center in Ketchikan. One of the earliest examples of his totem poles was carved for the American Festival held at the Horniman Museum, London in 1985 and now stands in a commanding position in the Horniman Gardens. In 1980, for the Juneau centennial, he was commissioned to carve the Wooshkeetaan Kootéeyaa and Áakʼw Kootéeyaa.

Awards and honors He is a recipient of a 1995 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Rasmuson Foundation Distinguished Artist Award (2009), and a United States Artists Fellow (2021). He received an honorary doctorate in humanities from the University of Alaska Southeast.

In 2022, Sealaska Heritage Institute invited carvers to create kootéeyaa (totem poles) for the Totem Pole Trail in Juneau, Alaska. Jackson and his son, known as Jackson Polys, will carve two poles.

Personal life Jackson currently resides in Ketchikan, Alaska. His wife and son are also artists.