This year’s statewide Native Youth Olympics competition was canceled due to the pandemic, but the annual gathering rooted in sportsmanship and survival found a creative way to continue.
Arts & Culture
Tarvarnauramken: The meaning behind the Yupik song that went viral
Gabby Hiestand-Salgado, a Jesuit Volunteer working at KYUK, came up with the idea of making a film of people dancing to the same Yup’ik song from wherever they were hunkering down during the pandemic. The two Blanchett brothers, Phillip and Steven, and their band, Pamyua, were quick to help. The chosen song, Tarvarnauramken, is a…
Mat-Su school board rescinds vote to remove ‘Catch-22’ and 4 other books from English classes
The board voted to punt the decision on the reading list and course outline until May 2021.
Byron Mallott: ‘My friend, we also have lived life fully, made a few contributions’
Byron Mallott was most recently known as Alaska’s lieutenant governor, but his greatest legacy was likely shaping generations of Alaska Natives through political and corporate leadership.
Summer camp directors prepare to welcome Alaska’s campers during the pandemic
Camp directors across Alaska are redoing their summer programs to prepare to welcome campers during the pandemic.
The stress-relieving, storytelling art of yuraq is now available virtually
Yuraq encompasses more than just the English translation of “dance,” which is most familiar to non-Natives.
After hours of public comment, Mat-Su school board’s vote to rescind book removal is pushed to later this month
The Mat-Su school board will now decide later in May whether to rescind its vote to remove the books, including “The Great Gatsby,” “Catch-22” and “Invisible Man.”
A Chilkat mask leaves a lasting impression of how ‘we took care of each other’ during the pandemic
In Juneau, one weaver wanted to create a work of art to reflect the biggest story of our time: the coronavirus. And Chilkat weaving seemed like the perfect medium to express that.
As Mat-Su school board reconsiders banning books, Alaska band Portugal. The Man offers them for free
The Grammy-winning, Alaska-grown rock band Portugal. The Man is offering to send five books recently banned from school curriculum in the Mat-Su, where several band members grew up, to students there who want to read them.
Southeast Alaska State Fair canceled due to COVID-19
It’s the “Live Free or Pie Hard” themed Southeast Alaska State Fair that wasn’t.