Alaska Native Arts & Culture

Oct 23 2017
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Keggulluk Earl Polk is featured in "We Breathe Again," a documentary that follows four Alaska Natives on their path through the healing process. Polk attended a screening of the film in Bethel in September. (Photo by Christine Trudeau/KYUK)

Elders And Youth Conference takes a look at healing with film ‘We Breathe Again’

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Arts & Culture, Mental Health, Southcentral, Southwest

Native communities across Alaska are seeking a key to understanding the epidemic of suicide. The film screened Tuesday last week during the First Alaskans Institute 2017 Elders and Youth Conference held prior to the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage last week.

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Oct 22 2017
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This headdress was carved by the artist Kadjisdu.áxch, who is known for carving the intricate Whale House Collection. It is on display in this exhibit as an example of the art that is part of the Tlingit culture. (Photo by Emily Files/KHNS)

New Haines museum exhibit explores how a Tlingit stronghold gave way to non-Native settlement

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, History, Southeast

The Haines area used to be a Tlingit stronghold, ruled by an alliance between the prosperous Chilkat and Chilkoot people.  A new Haines Sheldon Museum exhibit explores how the Native territory gradually gave way to white settlement in the late 1800s. The exhibit will anchor the museum’s upstairs space for at least two years.

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