Arts & Culture

Sep 15 2017
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(Photo courtesy of Christopher Liu)

NASA Mars mission gets an assist from Delta-grown engineer

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Education, Federal Government, Science & Tech, Southwest

Thousands of miles to the south of us, engineers at NASA are hard at work on the NeMO Mission, the next orbiter mission to Mars. They got a little help this summer from an engineering intern from Bethel, and something called the Muktuk Plot.

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Sep 14 2017
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John Smith is struggling to replicate the ancestral work that volunteers have found at Nunalleq. (Photo by Teresa Cotsirilos/KYUK)

In Quinhagak, an ivory carver pays tribute to the ancients’ work

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Environment, History, Southwest

An exhausted team of archaeologists on the Bering Sea coast just finished their dig at Nunalleq for the year after uncovering hundreds of artifacts. They plan to return to the 700-year-old village next summer, provided the winter storms don’t wash it away.

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Sep 11 2017
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This pictograph of canoes and sun is located near Petersburg. The exact location is kept secret for fear of public vandalism. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Forest Service)

Archaeologists shed light on Tlingit culture near Petersburg, before Europeans

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Arts & Culture, History, Southeast

The current town site was established around 1900 by Norwegians looking for a good spot to process fish commercially. But archaeologists are finding more evidence that Mitkof Island is just like others in the region. Tlingit people had settlements around Petersburg for thousands of years before Europeans planted their roots.

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Sep 06 2017
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Pamphlets outlining the plan to bring European Jewish refugees to Alaska to develop industry.(Photo by Henry Leasia/Alaska Public Media)

New exhibit tells little-known story of a plan to settle Jewish refugees in Alaska during WWII

By | Arts & Culture, Federal Government, History, Southcentral

As millions of people around the world are displaced from their homes, some are looking to the past for insight on the refugee crisis. A new museum exhibit in Anchorage tells the story of a plan to relocate European Jewish refugees to Alaska during World War II.

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Sep 06 2017
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Archeologists, tribal leaders and volunteers are racing against time to recover as many artifacts as they can from Nunalleq, an ancient village along the coast outside of Quinhagak. This summer, volunteers found an average of 100-200 artifacts a day. (Photo by Teresa Cotsirilos/KYUK)

Community members, archaeologists race against time at Nunalleq

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Arts & Culture, Climate Change, History, Southwest

It’s been eight years since a small team began excavating an ancient village outside of Quinhagak. Now, archaeologists and tribal leaders are saving what they can before the site washes away. This summer, volunteers worked to recover what they could.

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