Alaska Native Arts & Culture

Sep 04 2018
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For Tlingit-Unangax artist Nicholas Galanin, first retrospective a lifetime in the making

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Southeast

Nicholas Galanin strives to create fearlessly. The Tlingit-Unangax artist works in multiple mediums and from his home in Sitka, has made a name for himself in the indigenous art world. At 39, Galanin currently has a solo retrospective at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona

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Aug 23 2018
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Tlingit artist Wayne Price teaches a formline design class sponsored by SHI in Haines. (Photo by Emily Files/KHNS)

Master carver to share his craft with students at University of Alaska Southeast

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Education, Southeast, University of Alaska

Haines resident and master carver Wayne Price will teach his craft this fall to University of Alaska Southeast students. Classes start Aug 27.   Alaska Native languages associate professor Lance Twitchell first approached Price, who will be working with the university as a professor for the first time.

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Aug 23 2018
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Dr. Rick Knecht digs July 24, 2018, at the Nunalleq site. (Photo by Katie Basile/KYUK)

Quinhagak’s Nunalleq dig site starts a new chapter in community-based archaeology

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, History, Southwest

Quinhagak took a big step to redraft its cultural narrative this month with the opening of the largest museum collection of Yup’ik artifacts in the world, located off the of the Bering Sea coast. The village has been regaining pre-contact cultural knowledge, leading to a deeper understanding of its Yup’ik heritage.

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Aug 20 2018
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Kunniak’s original Salt and Spice mixture next to a plate of bowhead whale. She now carries 11 different flavors, including “Black Lava” and “Ghost Blend.” (Photo by Erin McKinstry/Alaska Public Media)

Kunniak’s Spices brings new flavors to Native dishes

By | 2 Alaska, Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Food, Subsistence

The company’s owner, Kunniak Hopson, moved to Chugiak 11 years ago from Utqiaġvik, which she calls Barrow. When she was growing up, her family always put McCormick’s Salt ‘n Spice on maktak, which is frozen whale blubber and skin. But McCormick’s stopped making it and she had to find an alternative.

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Aug 16 2018
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Pauline Beebe was among the first to enter the Nunalleq Culture and Archaeology Center on Saturday, August 11, 2018, in Quinhagak. (Photo by Katie Basile/KYUK)

Nunalleq Culture And Archaeology Center opens in Quinhagak

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Arts & Culture, History, Southwest

Quinhagak’s new museum is home to 60,000 artifacts, the largest collection of pre-contact Yup’ik artifacts in the world. The opening was the culmination of nine years of back-breaking work, and the result of a unique partnership between Quinhagak’s village corporation and archaeologists.

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