Artist Michaela Goade said Tlingit and Haida “really wanted something to help liven up the space and to help tribal members feel more at home.”
Alaska Native Arts & Culture
For Gwich’in artist Colleen Firmin Thomas, abstract painting helps ‘to process the world’
Her work intertwines traditional painting methods with porcupine quills, fur and feathers to showcase different intricacies in nature, the life around her and her own life experiences.
Babies in regalia: Kotzebue marks return of in-person beauty pageants
Cloudy skies and a light drizzle didn’t dampen the spirits of residents of Kotzebue on the Fourth of July as hundreds gathered across town to celebrate.
Unangax̂ educators will teach Unangam Tunuu language class at University of Alaska Anchorage
The course will be one of several Alaska Native language courses offered at the university through its Alaska Native Studies program.
More funding, less turnover: Educators discuss ways to improve schools for Alaska Native students
The discovery of hundreds of graves of children buried on the sites of former residential schools in Canada have brought up painful memories for many Alaskans impacted by similar forced assimilation policies.
‘I thought my name was my number’: Survivors recount Alaska boarding school experiences
Cultural expert Paul Ongtooguk and two boarding school survivors, Jim Aqpayuk LaBelle and Fred John Jr., shared their perspectives with Talk of Alaska on the legacy of boarding schools in Alaska.
Groundbreaking ceremony held for new Tlingit longhouse in Haines
The project will include the longhouse pavilion and new trails connecting Tlingit Park to Front Street and the waterfront.
For Tlingit artist Laine Rinehart, inspiration comes in waves as he weaves
It was at a Tlingit celebration that Rinehart first fell in love with Chilkat weaving, a traditional style marked by its curved lines and simple color palette.
‘It is our story as well’: After Kamloops, a Fairbanks vigil to mourn and raise awareness of boarding school trauma
The 215 bandanas, symbolic of the residential school children who died in British Columbia, will remain along the Chena River footbridge until the solstice, a span of 215 hours.
Wrangell summer camp teaches kids about science and culture
School’s out for the summer, but that doesn’t mean kids aren’t learning.