Alaska Native Arts & Culture

Understanding the rise and fall of Southeast Alaska’s landscape is helping scientists learn more about the area’s early human settlements.

The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle recently opened an exhibit called “Here and Now: Native Artists Inspired.”

Ishmael Hope’s first book of poetry titled “Courtesans of Flounder Hill” will be released Sunday.

Superintendent Mark Miller urges community to come together “to document and tell your truth.”

The long-awaited Sealaska bill is one piece of a Public Lands package that’s been added to a must-pass defense bill.

“It feels like we finally have Alaskans fighting for Alaskans. Gunalchéesh,” said Richard Peterson, president of Tlingit and Haida Central Council.

A long-awaited land selection agreement for Sealaska Corporation is among a package of public land bills that are now slated to move quickly through Congress

Robert Irwin of Virginia has decades of experience in the federal government and officially begins work at the Juneau-based Native corporation Dec. 15.

Mark Miller said curriculum materials don’t meet the needs of students in Alaska.

Teacher Shgen George says the texts are condescending and trivialize the true experiences of Native people.