Desiree Hagen won an individual artist award from the Rasmuson Foundation, which she hopes to use on a community papermaking project that helps remove invasive plant species.
Arts & Culture
Alaskan Book Review – “The Outhouse Spider”
Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews “The Outhouse Spider” by Jack Campbell and published by Excursion Inlet Publishing.
Alaskan Book Review – “Targets Hit and Targets Missed: Hunting in Southeast Alaska”
Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews “Targets Hit and Targets Missed: Hunting in Southeast Alaska” by Leslie Yaw and published by Ocean’s Edge Publishing.
Alaskan Book Review – “Arctic Tales and Arctic Trails”
Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews “Arctic Tales and Arctic Trails” by R. Pittenger and self-published.
Alaskan Book Review – “Mommy, was grandpa a Nazi?: Recipes for tolerance and understanding”
Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews “Mommy, was grandpa a Nazi?: Recipes for tolerance and understanding” by Elizabeth Falcone and published by Author House.
Alaskan Book Review – “The Long View: Dispatches on Alaska History”
Commentator Dee Longenbaugh reviews “The Long View: Dispatches on Alaska History” by Russ Coen and published by Ester Republic Press.
Ketchikan Museum catalogs totem pole fragments
Ketchikan Museum staff have been working to catalog, document and store totem pole fragments that have been in the museum’s collection for 40 years. The fragments can provide details lost on many of the larger poles.
Red Carpet Concert: Foghorn Stringband
In our seventh of 10 Folk Fest Session Red Carpet Concerts, we present Foghorn Stringband.
Lost in translation: The difficult but necessary process of creating indigenous language ballots
The words need to mean something in Yup’ik, not just be literal translations from the English. One word in English — “candidate” — ends up being a phrase in Yup’ik.
Tribal council proposes Iñupiaq language and culture partnership with Nome Public Schools
“We have this opportunity to save a language and time is of the essence for us to collectively act,” said Megan Alvanna-Stimpfle, vice chief of the King Island Tribal Council