Alaska Public Media’s Jeff Chen photographed the 2021 World Eskimo-Indian Olympics last week on Thursday and Friday evening in Fairbanks. Here’s a snapshot.
Alaska Native Arts & Culture
‘May our hands do you justice’: Hoonah totem pole raising ceremony honors Alaska’s veterans
The totem pole is just the first piece of what will eventually be Huna Veteran’s Memorial Park.
‘Still here, willing to learn’: Students learn endangered language, connect with Tsimshian culture
Terri Burr hopes many of the language learners will become teachers someday — and that they’ll pass on not just the language, but Tsimshian history, too.
Pamyua co-founder’s new album features some of Alaska’s best-known Indigenous pop artists
The result is Miu: a record imbued with the polish of decades in the music industry, the rich texture of soul, funk, rock and hip hop, and the wisdom shared across generations of Native pop artists.
Juneau coffee shop gets makeover from Tlingit artists
Artist Michaela Goade said Tlingit and Haida “really wanted something to help liven up the space and to help tribal members feel more at home.”
For Gwich’in artist Colleen Firmin Thomas, abstract painting helps ‘to process the world’
Her work intertwines traditional painting methods with porcupine quills, fur and feathers to showcase different intricacies in nature, the life around her and her own life experiences.
Babies in regalia: Kotzebue marks return of in-person beauty pageants
Cloudy skies and a light drizzle didn’t dampen the spirits of residents of Kotzebue on the Fourth of July as hundreds gathered across town to celebrate.
Unangax̂ educators will teach Unangam Tunuu language class at University of Alaska Anchorage
The course will be one of several Alaska Native language courses offered at the university through its Alaska Native Studies program.
More funding, less turnover: Educators discuss ways to improve schools for Alaska Native students
The discovery of hundreds of graves of children buried on the sites of former residential schools in Canada have brought up painful memories for many Alaskans impacted by similar forced assimilation policies.
‘I thought my name was my number’: Survivors recount Alaska boarding school experiences
Cultural expert Paul Ongtooguk and two boarding school survivors, Jim Aqpayuk LaBelle and Fred John Jr., shared their perspectives with Talk of Alaska on the legacy of boarding schools in Alaska.