Alaska Public Media’s Jeff Chen photographed the 2021 World Eskimo-Indian Olympics last week on Thursday and Friday evening in Fairbanks. Here’s a snapshot.
Arts & Culture
‘May our hands do you justice’: Hoonah totem pole raising ceremony honors Alaska’s veterans
The totem pole is just the first piece of what will eventually be Huna Veteran’s Memorial Park.
‘Still here, willing to learn’: Students learn endangered language, connect with Tsimshian culture
Terri Burr hopes many of the language learners will become teachers someday — and that they’ll pass on not just the language, but Tsimshian history, too.
Pamyua co-founder’s new album features some of Alaska’s best-known Indigenous pop artists
The result is Miu: a record imbued with the polish of decades in the music industry, the rich texture of soul, funk, rock and hip hop, and the wisdom shared across generations of Native pop artists.
Juneau-based singer and songwriter’s single ‘Another Rainy Day’ weathered the storm
“In 2020 I made the goal that I was going to write one song a month and it didn’t matter if it was good or bad, I just had to write one song and move on.” Heist said. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March, she didn’t let it derail her.
Juneau coffee shop gets makeover from Tlingit artists
Artist Michaela Goade said Tlingit and Haida “really wanted something to help liven up the space and to help tribal members feel more at home.”
Combining Shakespeare and hip-hop, students at Anchorage youth center learn to tell their own stories
It didn’t take long for the students to find parallels in their own lives with the 17th-century playwright that helped them discuss and work through modern problems.
For Gwich’in artist Colleen Firmin Thomas, abstract painting helps ‘to process the world’
Her work intertwines traditional painting methods with porcupine quills, fur and feathers to showcase different intricacies in nature, the life around her and her own life experiences.
Juneau restaurant highlights women chefs of color
Juneau Italian restaurant In Bocca Al Lupo staff wanted a dinner party. But they also wanted to highlight women chefs of color. So, they hosted “Dinner with Friends: Womxn of Power Edition.”
Civil rights icon Elizabeth Peratrovich honored in Sitka with new cedar bench
The plan is to install the bench in front of Harrigan Centennial Hall, where Sitka’s statue of Alexander Baranov once stood.