Celebration is a big festival that happens in Juneau every two years. Thousands of people gather to honor and uplift Indigenous culture — some travel for the occasion by canoe.
Arts & Culture
Tongass Voices: Ed Littlefield on composing a Lingít opera
For the past three years, Shaakindustoow Ed Littlefield has been a part of a team composing what will be the first full opera in the Lingit language. It’s about the Battle of Sitka in the early 1800s.
Repatriation and rematriation come together in two new Chilkat robes for Sitka clan
Two Chilkat robes — one very old, one not yet on the loom — will soon belong to a Lingít clan as they work to rebuild their clan house in Sitka.
Behind the scenes at Alaska Folk Festival, volunteers keep the show moving
On the first night of Folk Fest on Monday, volunteers scrambled to get ready and shared what it takes to make the festival run.
Juneau’s ninth Traditional Games welcomes international competitors
Coach, competitor and co-founder Kyle Kaayak’w Worl shares the importance of the games and what’s new this year.
Tongass Voices: Hiram Henry on the volunteers that drive Folk Fest
The success of the festival relies heavily on the swiftness of the volunteer stage crew. And that’s organized by Alaska Folk Festival board members like longtime stage crew volunteer Hiram Henry.