Coca-Cola pocket knives, underwear, a soda fountain: “I like it,” Kelly Bookey says, “and to me that’s the bottom line.”
Arts & Culture
‘Kuhaantí,’ a children’s book written entirely in Lingít, is the first of its kind in decades
The book will launch on Friday in Juneau with a storytime event at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall.
Bigger than ever, AFN arts market showcases ‘microcosm of Alaska’
Each year, Indigenous artisans converge for three days during the convention to sell carvings, kuspuks, fur-lined hats and all manner of jewelry.
A Petersburg tender holds open mics on board, with its fish hold as the sound stage
A nearly 100-year-old wooden boat in Petersburg has become a staple of the tight-knit local music scene.
Quannah’s connection: Model and activist makes a different sort of appearance at Elders and Youth Conference
Q&A: Quannah Chasinghorse talks about what makes speaking in Alaska different and what message she tries to carry as she works elsewhere.
Filming of reality show near Petersburg could interfere with subsistence hunting
The federal government usually prioritizes the interests of subsistence users over commercial in rural areas — but not in this case.
Presbyterian leaders apologize, begin reparations for 1962 closure of Juneau church led by Rev. Walter Soboleff
At Monday’s event, national church leaders gave $100,000 to Sealaska Heritage Institute to support language revitalization efforts.
Tlingit and Haida, Forest Service plans to expand cultural education at Mendenhall Glacier
“The people who go there want to learn about the glacier,” President Richard Chalyee Éesh Peterson said. “They also want to learn about the people.”
‘Salt and Sex’ puts Alaska writer in national anthology
An article by Fairbanks writer Amy Loeffler will appear in this year’s “Best American Food Writing” anthology.
Juneau’s waterfront totem poles have new signs to describe and protect them: ‘This is more than art’
Sealaska Heritage Institute put up storyboards last week to educate visitors and protect the poles from mistreatment.