Alaska Native Arts & Culture

This week’s word is geesh, which means bull kelp.

Daren Herman, grandson of Alaska flag designer Benny Benson, was in the state for the first time to accept an honorary degree on his late grandfather’s behalf.

A new building in Haines is at the center of the Chilkoot Indian Association’s new effort to launch a tourism brand to bring in extra dollars – and to reduce their reliance on the federal government. 

University of Alaska officials were informed last week that the federal government had terminated their $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.

Thousands of new books, many by Indigenous writers, are landing in the hands of kids across Southeast Alaska this month.

This week’s word is xóots, which means brown bear.