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Arts & Culture
Juneau’s first Elizabeth Peratrovich basketball tournament aims to inspire girls in sports
Thunder Mountain’s head coach says the tournament showcases the deep pool of talented female athletes in Alaska.
An Iñupiaq council helped keep latest ‘True Detective’ season true to Alaska
The council encouraged producers to include Iñupiaq words and even helped choose most of the Iñupiaq names for characters in the town.
Veteran Anchorage TV reporter and anchor Maria Downey announces retirement after decades of Alaska journalism
Her last broadcast at Alaska’s News Source is set for Jan. 26.
Sealaska Heritage Institute seeks art for this year’s Celebration
Artists have until Jan. 12 to pitch design concepts for “Together we live in balance.”
Ray Troll’s Soho Coho gallery closing after 31 years in Ketchikan
After more than three decades, Ketchikan’s beloved Soho Coho t-shirt shop and gallery will be closing its doors at the end of this year.
Sealaska Heritage Institute releases new apps for learning endangered Indigenous languages
It’s SHI’s first attempt at putting X̱aad Kíl, the Haida language, and Shm’algyack, the Tsimshian language, in app form.
Attu’s last survivor remembered for his leadership and forgiveness
Gregory Golodoff, the last surviving resident of Attu taken prisoner by the Japanese in 1942, had empathy for his captors before his death last month.
Washington man pleads guilty to selling fake Alaska Native art in Ketchikan
They products, which were actually produced in the Philippines, were sold out of two storefronts in Ketchikan.
Lingít scholars document traditional hand gestures that could be used in language learning
The researchers say this gesture system could allow language learners to use less English to fill in blanks in the classroom setting.