Alaska Native Arts & Culture

This week’s word is séew, or rain.

Organizers of the workshop said they hoped it encouraged participants to think about pursuing music, to increase the number of Alaska Native artists.

Feel a little pity for those who had to judge the annual Alaska Federation of Natives photo contest. They had a tough job to pick a winner out of more than a hundred images of very cute kids.

Juneau’s Qacung Blanchett is one of nine artists or groups from the circumpolar north who performed Saturday in Pan-Arctic Vision.

This week’s word is cháatl, or halibut.

Lou Logan is reconnecting with part of his heritage and helping to preserve an endangered craft by building a traditional qayak inside the Alaska State Museum.

This week’s word is aasgutú, or forest.

For decades, the kootéeyaa lived inside the U.S. Forest Service office in Juneau. But on Saturday it was rededicated to its new home inside the visitor center.

This week’s word is keitl, or dog.

U.S. Navy representatives visited Kake over the weekend to formally apologize for the winter attack, which left many people to starve or die of exposure after the village was destroyed.