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Arts & Culture
Mat-Su Borough submits bid to host 2024 Arctic Winter Games
In the game’s 50-year history, Alaska has hosted the event six times, most recently in Fairbanks in 2014.
Reimagined Fur Rondy adapts to pandemic times in Anchorage
Some events had to be scrapped entirely, like the World Championship Sled Dog Race, the Miner’s and Trapper’s Ball, and the Jim Beam Jam, a country music concert that traditionally kicks off the weekend.
Latest music project with Nicholas Galanin signs with Sub Pop Records, to release album in April
Galanin, who is Tlingit and Unangax̂, also works as a carver, engraver and visual artist.
Mt. Edgecumbe High School honors Tlingit elder and historian Gil Truitt
Mt. Edgecumbe High School celebrated Gil Truitt Day on Tuesday and honored the Tlingit elder and local historian with a plaque dedication and tribute.
Federal judge temporarily halts sale of National Archives building in Seattle
In January 2021, Washington state’s attorney general and 40 Tribes, states and community organizations filed a motion to block the sale of the building.
Fire razes Triumvirate Theatre building in Nikiski
No one was hurt, but the fire completely razed the space. Investigators are still working out what caused it.
Finding activism through art: A Q&A with Tlingit illustrator Michaela Goade
KCAW’s Erin McKinstry interviewed Goade about her award-winning work illustrating “We are Water Protectors” and what inspires her as a Tlingit artist.
Elders, linguists teach Dena’ina language through original Native children’s stories
Dena’ina is a highly endangered language. For years, linguists and local Alaska Native people have been working on language and culture revitalization projects at Kenai Peninsula College and through the Kenaitze Tribe.
‘Use words to make a difference’: The legacy of Elizabeth Peratrovich
Elizabeth Peratrovich was instrumental in the passage of the 1945 Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945 during a time when women were rarely a part of the political world and before the national Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.