Larry McNeil's project, "Keet Hit," has received an international award from the All Roads Film Project, sponsored by National Geographic, with the goal of promoting the work of indigenous and under-represented minority-culture filmmakers, photographers and artists. "Keet Hit" was named a Photographic Essay of Distinction.

McNeil, who was raised in Alaska, is a member of the Northern Tlingit tribe and considers himself a product of both traditional Tlingit culture and...