Juneau is getting ready to send its first team to the statewide Native Youth Olympics competition in almost 30 years. At least 10 middle and high school athletes will travel to Anchorage in late April to compete, but as their coach says, their biggest opponent will be themselves.
Arts & Culture
Theater featuring Juneau’s real histories plays this weekend only
After years of preparation, and months of interviews and rehearsals, “Aan Yátx’u Sáani: Noble People of the Land,” opens tonight at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center. The multimedia theatrical presentation features five people with histories in the Juneau’s Indian Village and Willoughby District. Lillian Petershoare is one of them. “Instead of having five…
The Kuskokwim tripod is up and the countdown to summer has begun
A Bethel-area STEM student designed the 26-foot high tripod. The upright arm is cut like a Yup’ik story knife, and the red and blue legs are painted to look like Lund aluminum skiffs driving through running water.
State election officials seek help registering, informing voters in their Native language
Alaska election officials are looking for help in some of the state’s smallest communities to provide assistance to register and inform voters about the ballot and elections in their Native language. But sometimes help is unavailable, leaving few options.
State elections division holds Alaska Native language summit
Alaska elections officials are struggling to put methods in place to translate the state’s election ballot into an array of diverse Alaska Native languages.
As Iditarod has changed, so has its relationship with its Native roots, mushers say
Before the ceremonial start Saturday of the 2018 Iditarod, veteran musher Ketil Reitan of Kaktovik remarked on how fewer Inupiaq people are dog mushing nowadays. Fewer than 10 mushers out of the 67 competing in this year’s Iditarod are Alaska Native.