Tasha Elizarde

Kushx̱eet.éesh Bowers, also known as Kaasgéiy, was 5 when he moved to Juneau to grow closer to his Native identity.

On Saturdays in George Gress’s workshop, guitar enthusiasts bond over wood flames and handmade instruments.

Diosdado Valdez has been coming to Juneau for over 30 years, and in that time, he’s found another family off the ship.

Hans Javier, has participated in Juneau’s Independence Day parade since he was a kid. Twenty years later, Juneau Ati-Atihan is his way of giving a shoutout to his culture.

Jackson is the featured resident artist at Wooshkindein Da.áat Lily Hope Weaver studio, where she has been working on a woolen button robe and teaching weaving classes for the first time. 

He says that after he moved to Seattle, he started creating his own designs to cure his homesickness for Alaska.