Southeast

With no large-scale tanneries in Southeast Alaska, hunters have few options to continue their traditional cultural practices of skin-sewing sea otters.

At the Southeast Tribal Environmental Forum in Juneau this week, tribes and environmental groups discussed strategies to keep the rule in place.

Local officials say the dock could provide a major financial boost and help diversify Skagway’s economy, which relies heavily on tourism.

Lingít weaver Sydney Akagi quit her job to learn traditional designs, becoming the Native artist resident at Sitka’s Sheldon Jackson Museum and teaching a workshop.

The pilot walked away from the accident near Endicott River unscathed. 

Aanshawatk’i Sarah Dybdahl will be the first woman to hold the position since Sealaska’s founding in 1972.