May 16 2019

Anchorage musician Quinn Christopherson wins NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest

By Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Community, Southcentral

The Anchorage-based singer-songwriter is the winner of NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest. He sat down with Alaska Public Media’s Casey Grove to talk about his music and what comes next.

By Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media | May 16, 2019 1:27 pm

May 15 2019

Arias Hoyle and Chris Talley pose after their Red Carpet Concert during the 2019 Alaska Folk Festival. (Photo by Annie Bartholomew/KTOO)

Red Carpet Concert: Radiophonic Jazz, ‘Aquamarine’

By Annie Bartholomew, KTOO | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Folk Fest, Juneau, KRNN, KRNN Tune IN, KXLL, KXLL Tune In

Juneau hip hop duo Radiophonic Jazz performs their new single “Aquamarine” during the 2019 Alaska Folk Festival at KTOO Public Media.

By Annie Bartholomew, KTOO | May 15, 2019 4:43 pm

May 07 2019

In Alaska, land acknowledgments are gaining ground

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Southcentral

In Alaska, the conversation around land acknowledgments is relatively new. But it’s picking up momentum. And in Anchorage, that means putting the region’s Indigenous heritage front and center.

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | May 7, 2019 2:45 pm

May 03 2019

In death, beached Turnagain Arm humpback offers research samples, clues and food

By Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Environment, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Subsistence, Wildlife

A humpback whale that beached in Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage has died. Biologists say it is an uncommon location for a humpback, and they are now studying its death.

By Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media | May 3, 2019 6:29 pm

May 03 2019

Icy Strait Point is an Alaska Native-themed entertainment complex built on the outskirts of Hoonah by the community’s village corporation. It projects to receive 267,000 cruise visitors this season.

Icy Strait Point to add megaship dock as Hoonah readies for hundreds of thousands of cruise visitors

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Community, Economy, Southeast, Tourism

Hoonah’s Icy Strait Point is positioning itself as one of Alaska’s top cruise ship destinations. But it’s been difficult to gauge local sentiment on the influx of visitors.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | May 3, 2019 2:09 pm

May 03 2019

Listen: Hoonah’s Heritage Celebration Ḵu.éex’ highlights the importance of traditional knowledge in education

By Scott Burton, KTOO | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Juneau Afternoon, Southeast

The KTOO Arts and Culture team is in Hoonah this week to be a part of its All School Ḵu.éex’ and to produce two episodes of Juneau Afternoon, which we are calling Hoonah Afternoon.
Program host Scott Burton sat down with Ḵu.éex’ organizer, Tlingit language teacher, and mom, Lgéikʼi Heather Powell.

By Scott Burton, KTOO | May 3, 2019 12:30 pm

Apr 29 2019

Marsha Hotch teaches at her language nest in Haines.

Keeping the Tlingit language alive with youth

By Henry Leasia, KHNS-Haines | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Community, Education, Family, Juneau, Southeast, State Government

Elders are teaching the Tlingit language to young children in places called “language nests.” They’re finding that a home-like environment is more effective than a typical classroom setting.

By Henry Leasia, KHNS-Haines | April 29, 2019 3:17 pm

Apr 27 2019

Behind the scenes of the Regional Native Youth Olympics for Bering Strait School District

By Katie Kazmierski, KNOM-Nome | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Education, Sports, Western

Last week, White Mountain hosted thirteen teams for the Bering Strait School District’s regional Native Youth Olympics

By Katie Kazmierski, KNOM-Nome | April 27, 2019 4:34 pm

Apr 24 2019

Anchorage School District to allow for tribal, cultural attire at graduation

By Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Education

The school district recently made a change allowing students to express their cultures as they celebrate their achievement.

By Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media | April 24, 2019 6:12 pm

Apr 17 2019

Through language, a Yup’ik teacher passes on a way of life

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arts & Culture, Community, Education, History, Southwest, Western

As a child, Alice Fitka was punished for speaking her Yup’ik language in school. Since then, she’s spent decades teaching it in the Western Alaska village of Tuntutuliak.

By Rashah McChesney, Alaska's Energy Desk | April 17, 2019 4:37 pm

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