KTOO Public Media, Trickster Company and Kindred Post presents the 2016 Celebration Sessions featuring Tlingit poet David Sumiq Russell-Jensen
Arts & Culture
Alaskans protest North Dakota pipeline construction
A handful of Alaska tribal members are in North Dakota as part of the protest efforts. In a video posted to Facebook Tuesday, a pickup with “907” written on its window towed a canoe on a trailer flying a Tlingit and Haida tribal flag.
Judge’s order halts construction on part of North Dakota pipeline
A federal judge has granted the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe a temporary restraining order against a company building a crude oil pipeline. It covers only a portion of what the tribe requested.
Lecture to cover whaling and other Alutiiq sea mammal hunting techniques
Sea mammals were a staple in historic Alutiiq diets, and a lecture this week will cover the traditional methods and rituals of hunting them.
Skagway shop owner found not guilty of misrepresenting Native art
A Skagway shop owner was found not guilty of misrepresenting Native produced art in federal court on Friday.
Alaskan Book Review – “The Arctic Whaling Journals, Volume III, Voyages of 1817, 1818 and 1820″
Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews the volume by William Scoresby and published by the Haklluyt Society.
Aerial silk artists will teach others to reach new heights
Summer may be over, but three “circus art” classes are set to begin this week at the Homer Council on the Arts.
Native groups criticize fair board over rappers’ ejection
Alaska Native organizations are calling on an Interior Alaska state fair board to address issues of minority treatment and cultural insensitivity after a performance by two rappers was cut short and the men were ordered to leave the fairgrounds.
Walking tour explores Juneau’s art scene
A new guided art tour explores Juneau’s prolific art scene.
Sun’aq Tribe to open Alutiiq immersion school for children
The Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak will be able to build an Alutiiq language program for preschool-aged children with the help of a grant it just received.