Aanchgwanutk, Janice L. Jackson is an artist, educator, and cultural leader. In 2019, Jackson and her husband, Richard Jackson, founded the Tongass Tlingit Cultural Heritage Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing Tlingit heritage with youth activities and culture camps in the Ketchikan area. She began teaching at the Totem Heritage Center in 2008, offering classes on vests, button robes, tunics, collars, and leggings.

These leggings are made from deer hide with seal skin, wool felt, abalone buttons, seed beads, trade beads, and trimmed with sea otter fur. Jackson combines beadwork with leather fringe to create a distinct look inspired by the fringe on a historical garment. The leggings were created during Jackson's Intermediate/Advanced Level Regalia - Deer Hide Leggings class in 2025. The pair includes a demonstration piece (on the left) made during class, and the matching legging completed afterward.

"I've made moccasins and leggings before, but this was my first time teaching a leggings class. I created one legging during the class as a demonstration piece and completed the matching legging after the class.

There are slight differences in them. Normally you want your thread to match the fabric, so it disappears. I used white thread for the demonstration piece to teach students different stitching techniques. I used a basting stitch along the trim on the left, which is a temporary stitch used in place of straight pins to hold the material in place before the final sewing. I used a whip stitch, a simple everyday stitch, for the rest of the trim.

The fringe is a design I liked from an older piece I had seen. I study old pieces to find techniques that I can use in my own work, and this fringe is my favorite."

- Aanchgwanutk, Janice L. Jackson