The Alaska State Council on the Arts facilitates the selection of the Writer Laureate. The Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities can be seen on 360 North beginning at 8 p.m.
Alaska Native Arts & Culture
Culturally valuable yellow cedar on the decline
Alaska Native carvers and weavers say they’re worried about the future of yellow cedar.
Dakota Pipeline protesters, nearby residents brace for 2017
While some protesters are staying in North Dakota to fight the Dakota Access Pipeline, residents feel mixed about their new neighbors. One Bismarck resident says she just wants her “hometown back.”
Museum of the Aleutians names new director
The Museum of the Aleutians has wrapped up the year by hiring a new executive director.
Virginia Hatfield will step into her new position on January 3rd.
Watch and listen to KTOO’s 2016 concerts
Check out this compilation of music produced by public media in Juneau in 2016.
State arts council urges protections for Native use of ivory
The Alaska State Council on the Arts is urging Alaska’s congressional delegation to protect Native use of ivory after recent domestic ivory bans.
Nome-based non-profit hopes to revitalize Inupiaq with ‘language nest’
Coming to the region at the start of the new year is a “nest” project focused on Inupiaq language revitalization. A Nome-based non-profit organization called Inuusiq Inc., which started up this year, is spearheading the project.
Ernestine Hayes named Alaska State Writer Laureate
The Juneau author and memoirist is perhaps best known for writing “Blonde Indian.”
Interviews about Alaska Native education recorded
The Juneau Public Library recently celebrated the addition of 30 local oral history interviews to the its permanent collection and archive.
Native Americans in Oregon say Kennewick Man is one of them
Kennewick Man is an ancient skeleton found along the banks of the Columbia River by students in 1996. The discovery caused a legal battle between Northwest tribes and scientists.