Neech Yaanagut Yéil yoo xhát duwasáak. Yéil áyá xhát.Teeyhítaan naax xhát site. Kagwaantan yádi áyá xhát. Laine Rinehart’s Tlingit name is Neech Yannagut Yéil, he is of the Teeyhítan clan from Wrangell, Alaska. They arealso child of the Kagwaantan through their father’s side and maternally descends from Taos Pueblo on their mother’s side. . In the summer of 2010 Laine began weaving in Kay Parker’s Ravens Tail class and has since gone on to work with Lily Hope and her mother Clarissa Rizal. They are immensely grateful for being allowed to participate in a way of being that would generally be unavailable to men and strives to honor the practices and traditions of Chilkat weaving through the use of materials such as mountain goat hair(jaanwu) as well as yellow cedar bark to craft their weaving style.
Laine is committed to the sharing of knowledge in the processing of Mountain Goat Fiber and has mentored new generations of weavers through youth related projects.