“Over the last 120 years, fewer than a dozen Chilkat blanket makers or robe weavers existed at any given point,” says Lily Hope. “We are changing that story this week.”
Yvonne Krumrey
Local News Reporter, KTOO
Juneau is built on hidden and assumed layers of power and access, influencing how we interact with identity, with the law and with each other. I bring you stories of the gaps in access to power, and those who are working to close those gaps.
Writer Ernestine Shaankaláx̱t’ Hayes awarded $50,000 from United States Artists fellowship
Getting fellowships and awards like this has given Hayes more than funding, she said. It has made her feel valued.
There’s another USPS stamp coming out featuring Lingít formline art
It will be part of a four-stamp set showing skateboards with traditional Columbian and Diné design themes.
Man reported missing by Juneau police flew to North Dakota earlier this month
Juneau Police issued a statement Tuesday saying that Woodrow Farrell Eagleman II had been missing since Jan. 11.
Master carver Wayne Price is back at UAS teaching carving and formline
“So they have the benefit of an artist who’s got 50 years of Northwest coast art under my belt. And I bring that all here to the University of Alaska, at Áak’w.”
Juneau womanʼs stolen regalia has been returned anonymously
More than two weeks after Neilga Koogéi Taija Revels’s regalia was stolen from her Juneau home, she says it’s been returned anonymously by someone who refused the reward she offered.
Juneau organization will expand amid youth mental health crisis
JAMHI Health & Wellness will have a new facility thanks to $870,000 that Sen. Lisa Murkowski earmarked for the project in the federal omnibus spending bill.
Pro skier aims to get more Indigenous youth on the slopes in Juneau
The event was part of a broader effort to remove some of the barriers that face Alaska Native youth who want to learn to ski.
After suspect’s arrest, Juneau woman is still hopeful her regalia will come home
Neilga Koogéi Taija Revels says the stolen regalia is an important piece of Hoonah’s history — and one of the few things she had left from her grandmother.
Woodworking couple builds little boats for the first baby born in Juneau each year
The couple has been tackling woodworking projects together since college.