Tlingit, Culture, Language and Literacy program students kick off each school year with a tea-picking field trip that connects them to each other and the greater community.
Alaska Native Arts & Culture
Tannery closures hinder Alaska sea otter hunters
With no large-scale tanneries in Southeast Alaska, hunters have few options to continue their traditional cultural practices of skin-sewing sea otters.
Yup’ik climate advisor appointed by UN secretary general
A young Alaska Native engineer with roots in Kongiganak has been appointed as a Youth Climate advisor to the United Nations.
Southeast Alaska weaver threads together wisdom and technique
Lingít weaver Sydney Akagi quit her job to learn traditional designs, becoming the Native artist resident at Sitka’s Sheldon Jackson Museum and teaching a workshop.
Tlingit and Haida confirms plans for casino-like gambling hall on Douglas Island
The tribe intends to offer Class II gaming, which covers things like pull tabs, bingo and slot-style electronic machines, but doesn’t cover games like poker or blackjack.
Native languages need radio, which is at risk of being lost
As public media is threatened after cuts from Trump administration, Indigenous radio also face threats to how they preserve and grow language.