In recent years, a movement to recognize Reconciliation Day in place of Alaska Day continues to gain steam.
Alaska Native Arts & Culture
With 3 bold marks, Indigenous women helped revive a once-banned tradition
Grete Bergman was among the first Gwich’in women to get traditional facial markings since colonizers barred the practice. She and markings artist Sarah Whalen-Lunn did it for their daughters.
Native-owned Nome business makes traditional garments with modern materials
Alice Bioff’s designs merge traditional and cultural Alaska Native values with modern materials.
Juneau poetry event spotlights forced displacement of Native people
The last day to view the “Echoes of War” exhibit is Saturday, Oct. 16.
Sealaska Heritage, Tlingit and Haida host training for Native Youth Olympics coaches
The games are based on hunting and survival skills that allowed the Inupiaq people to live in Arctic conditions.
As US and Canada uncover Indigenous school history, survivors, their children and allies mark Orange Shirt Day in Juneau
Orange Shirt Day honors the children who died at residential boarding schools and those who survived.