Unalaskans can now explore one of the chain’s most isolated areas thanks to a new exhibit at the Museum of the Aleutians.
Alaska Native Arts & Culture
Descendants gather to welcome Chirikof ancestors home
After years of work, ancestral remains from a 19th century settlement on Chirikof Island have returned home.
‘I Am Inuit’ goes from Instagram to Anchorage Museum
“I Am Inuit,” a new photography exhibit more than a year in the making, show is a body of images from artist Brian Adams that premiered last week at the Anchorage Museum.
Presbyterian Church formally apologizes to North Slope Natives for denouncing culture
The idea is to start a process of healing by acknowledging that the Church, however well intended, was wrong, when it denounced the cultures of Native people, both in Alaska and across the nation.
Red Carpet Concert: ‘Listen’ from ‘They Don’t Talk Back’
Skyler Ray-Benson Davis performs “Listen” from the play “They Don’t Talk Back.”
Alutiiq language documentary almost complete
A documentary team just came to Kodiak to screen its Alutiiq language film and get feedback. “Keep Talking” covers the revitalization of the Alutiiq language on the island, and records the effort of passing the language down from elders to the younger generation.
‘They Don’t Talk Back’ comes home to Southeast with Perseverance Theatre premiere
“They Don’t Talk Back” opens at Perseverance Theatre tonight (Friday, Jan. 27). Among other themes, it’s a play about family, identity, colonization and cultural preservation. It features three generations of Tlingit men in Southeast Alaska facing change.
Ernestine Saankalaxt’ Hayes to be named 17th Alaska State Writer Laureate
The Alaska State Council on the Arts facilitates the selection of the Writer Laureate. The Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities can be seen on 360 North beginning at 8 p.m.
Culturally valuable yellow cedar on the decline
Alaska Native carvers and weavers say they’re worried about the future of yellow cedar.
Dakota Pipeline protesters, nearby residents brace for 2017
While some protesters are staying in North Dakota to fight the Dakota Access Pipeline, residents feel mixed about their new neighbors. One Bismarck resident says she just wants her “hometown back.”