Quannah Chasinghorse, a Han Gwich’in and Oglala Lakota fashion model and climate justice activist from Fairbanks, is the most recent face on the cover of Vogue Mexico.
Alaska Native Arts & Culture
Native Youth Olympics event in Ketchikan rescheduled for late May
The games were postponed after several attendees at a school-sponsored wrestling tournament tested positive for COVID-19, briefly shutting down the school.
Upcoming Native Youth Olympics events in Ketchikan postponed due to COVID-19
Organizer Sealaska Heritage Institute said Wednesday it hopes to reschedule the Ketchikan event next month. A firm date has not been set.
Fourth grader makes history at Iñupiaq spelling bee
Kopeck Kaitlin Alston is the first ever winner of the Inupiaq Spelling Bee.
Indigenous creators hope to share history, cultural art forms through first-ever Tlingit opera
Sealaska Heritage Institute recently announced the opera’s development which will be based on the true story of the Tlingit-Russian War in 1802 and 1804.
Statewide Yup’ik Spelling Bee expands to include Iñupiaq competition
Competitors are not eliminated if they spell a word wrong. Instead, the winner is the person who spells the most words correctly.
For Alaska Native earring makers, the pandemic brought a boom in business
The sudden increase in business has brought unexpected complications for some artists, like high demand prompting others to copy their signature styles.
Ceremonial Kiks.ádi robes unveiled at gathering to honor herring
During the event, five ceremonial Kiks.ádi robes were unveiled along with a new song honoring the herring.
Yup’ik engineers team up to build apps for Yugtun language learning
Two Yup’ik engineers are trying to push the Yugtun language into the future using technology.
At Sitka herring camp, an advocate passes down subsistence traditions
Tom Gamble is determined to see subsistence harvesting of herring eggs continue — by working to protect herring stocks and teaching kids how to harvest eggs. This spring, he shared some of his knowledge in a herring camp for kids.