Scientists are finding more evidence that Southeast Alaska’s first residents arrived more than 10,000 years ago. It’s coming through a new method of locating early settlements.
Alaska Native Arts & Culture
Domestic violence prevention comes in many forms
“Prevention to us is shooting a moose and bringing it home and giving it to the whole community,” says Ishmael Andrew.
Ernestine Hayes releases a new book about Juneau
This Friday at Hearthside Books, Juneau writer and UAS assistant professor of English, Ernestine Hayes, will release her book “Juneau” from Arcadia Publishing.
Sealaska Heritage Institute plans art auction fundraiser for Soboleff Center
Sealaska Heritage still needs to raise less than $2.5 million of the $20 million project cost. The facility will be complete in January 2015.
Native leader appears in court on theft charge
A former Sealaska corporation executive accused of taking money from a subsistence fund is scheduled to appear in court again in January. A ‘not guilty’ plea was entered on behalf of Robert ‘Bob’ Loescher, 66, in Juneau District Court on Thursday. Loescher, who appeared in court in a wheelchair, agreed to a temporary waiver of…
Participants voice hopes and realities at domestic violence Prevention Summit
“There are a lot of people who are working to try to stop this domestic violence and sexual assault epidemic,” says Greg Marxmiller, who runs Myspace in Dillingham.
Learning Tlingit culture through action figures
While many were still shopping Friday, a workshop for kids to make Tlingit-themed action figures was overbooked at the Alaska State Museum.
How to save an endangered language
“Once people are learning it at home and using it, then you feel like you’re beginning to be out of danger for the language,” says author Leanne Hinton.
Tlingit clan leader: Everything has a spirit
David Katzeek spoke Tuesday in the final installment of Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Native American History Month Lecture Series.
Feds finalize otter use guidelines
The federal government has finalized new guidelines on the use of sea otters by Alaska Natives.