Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is partnering with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to host an art contest. Selected artists will have their art turned into miniature murals that will be printed on bear-resistant trash infrastructure in downtown Juneau.
Arts & Culture
A Raven helmet from the 1804 Battle of Sitka will soon be back in Kiks.ádi hands after more than 100 years
After more than a century, a Lingít clan will once again be the legal owners of a Raven helmet worn during the Battle of Sitka in 1804. Non-native organizations have claimed ownership of the helmet for more than a 100 years, and kept it in a museum in Sitka.
Tongass Voices: Svitlana Bell on quilting for Ukrainian pride and independence
Svitlana Bell spends off work hours quilting to raise money for supplies for her brother who’s fighting on the front lines in Ukraine.
‘Our biggest weekend of the year’: Artisans count on sales and connections at Juneau Public Market
Market host Peter Metcalfe says this Black Friday was one of the annual bazaar’s best days yet.
Juneau’s Vera Starbard earns Emmy nomination for ‘Molly of Denali’ Thanksgiving episode
The Alaska State Writer Laureate wrote an episode about the show’s titular character navigating the complex history of Thanksgiving to create a celebration that honors Alaska Native culture.
Tongass Voices: S’eiltin Jamiann Hasselquist on the power of traditional foods
Hasselquist has been hosting weekly community soup nights this month in the Traditional Foods and Medicine Kitchen inside Sealaska Heritage Institute’s new Indigenous Science Building in Downtown Juneau.
Maggie McMillan to lead Juneau Arts and Humanities Council
The JAHC announced the hire Friday, more than six months after the former director stepped down in May.
First screen adaptation of ‘Two Old Women’ told in severely endangered Athabascan language
The new film premiered in Hawai’i last month, with homecoming showings scheduled in Alaska in December.
Angoon’s new killer whale kootéeyaa represents a clan’s legacy
Shgendootaan George laid out the history of three killer whale totem poles that have stood next to her clan house in Angoon as part of a Sealaska Heritage Institute series celebrating Native American Heritage Month.
University of Alaska Southeast students gather to watch sci-fi film starring campus handyman
A beloved maintenance employee at the University of Alaska Southeast starred in a low-budget sci-fi comedy a decade ago, so UAS students hosted a screening.