Alaska Native Arts & Culture

Apr 05 2018
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House District 36 Rep. Dan Ortiz addresses the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce in 2014. (Photo by KRBD)

Alaska Native language ‘linguistic emergency’ resolution considered in Senate committee

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, State Government

Senate Community and Regional Affairs Committee opened its hearing Tuesday on House Concurrent Resolution 19 with remarks from the measure’s sponsor, Ketchikan Rep. Dan Ortiz, who called Alaska Native culture and language a central part of the state’s cultural identity. 

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Mar 29 2018
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Theater featuring Juneau’s real histories plays this weekend only

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, History, Juneau, KRNN, KXLL, Southeast

 After years of preparation, and months of interviews and rehearsals, “Aan Yátx’u Sáani: Noble People of the Land,” opens tonight at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center. The multimedia theatrical presentation features five people with histories in the Juneau’s…

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Mar 22 2018
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Election review board members sort through election materials at the Division of Elections office in Juneau, Aug. 30, 2016. (By Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO)

State election officials seek help registering, informing voters in their Native language

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Politics, State Government

Alaska election officials are looking for help in some of the state’s smallest communities to provide assistance to register and inform voters about the ballot and elections in their Native language. But sometimes help is unavailable, leaving few options.

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Mar 12 2018
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Pete Kaiser at the ceremonial start of the 2018 Iditarod in Anchorage. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)

As Iditarod has changed, so has its relationship with its Native roots, mushers say

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Iditarod, Interior, Southcentral, Western

Before the ceremonial start Saturday of the 2018 Iditarod, veteran musher Ketil Reitan of Kaktovik remarked on how fewer Inupiaq people are dog mushing nowadays. Fewer than 10 mushers out of the 67 competing in this year’s Iditarod are Alaska Native.

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