When Tadd Johnson got a call in February that a Native American tribal elder in northern Minnesota had died and authorities were preparing to do an autopsy over his family’s objections, the message was simple.
Spirit
A historic Tsimshian symbol of cultural revitalization is restored, donated to Ketchikan museum
Restoration of the pole means the history and significance of an event that began the Tsimshian renaissance will be preserved for generations to come.
East Coast theology school selling off Alaska Native art, feds to investigate
The country’s oldest theological school is selling off its Native art collection, and Sealaska Heritage Institute is asking the feds to investigate. Tlingit and Haida pieces are among the works.
Online cemetery mapping to ensure Juneau always knows where the bodies are buried
A grease-smudged stack of 25 fading sheets of paper in a storage shed is one of only two copies of who’s buried where in Evergreen Cemetery. All the burials since 1986 are handwritten, but that’s about to change.
Alaska’s Orthodox bishop visits Unalaska
The bishop says he’s petitioned the governor to have more VPSO’s in the villages, but it’s unclear how successful that petition may be in light of cuts to the state’s budget.
Alaska pastor’s missionary trip to Nepal becomes relief effort
On April 25th, Pastor Mike Sloan and his group were on a plane from Bangkok to Kathmandu when the earthquake struck.