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Aug 03 2018

Savoonga’s chief reindeer herder Richmond Toolie, at the mobile reindeer processing plant (Photo by Gabe Colombo/KNOM)

Norton Sound communities look to build commercial reindeer economy

By Gabe Colombo, KNOM-Nome | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Food, Interior, North Slope, Subsistence

Reindeer herding is an increasingly attractive economic option for communities in the Norton Sound region. As winter sea-ice cover becomes more unreliable, the traditional practice of hunting for marine mammals is more dangerous.

By Gabe Colombo, KNOM-Nome | August 3, 2018 6:50 am

Aug 01 2018

The Mendenhall Valley Public Library installed "The Librarian" on its lawn in July 2018. It's one of six in the world made by Ohio artist James Havens, whose work was commissioned and donated by his longtime friend Fred Koken, who lives in Juneau.

Mendenhall library’s new sculpture born of an old friendship

By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO | Arts & Culture, Community, Juneau

Listen to two old friends explain how meeting seven decades ago in India eventually led to Juneau’s new public art.

By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO | August 1, 2018 7:04 am

Aug 01 2018

(From left to right) Teenagers Arturo Rodriguez, AJ Hoyle, Keegan Kanan, Bradley Dybdahl, Jacob Brouilette, Marcel Cohen and Kenndra Willard pose with Will Kronick from the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida on July 30, 2018. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)

Juneau teens rap about Tlingit culture, smoking ‘a fat pound of salmon’ in new bilingual music video

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Southeast, Spirit

A group of Alaska Native teenagers premiered a bilingual hip-hop video on Monday showcasing their pride in their Tlingit culture and Southeast Alaska.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | August 1, 2018 3:00 am

Jul 31 2018

Hans Chester, left, of Sealaska Heritage Institute, and master Haida weaver Delores Churchill examine spruce root basketry in the collections vault of the Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff State Library, Archives and Museum in August 2017. (Photo by Davina Cole, courtesy Sealaska Heritage Institute)

Sealaska Heritage Institute to digitally preserve spruce-root basket weaving

By June Leffler, KSTK-Wrangell | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Southeast

Sealaska Heritage Institute will digitally preserve the Alaska Native art form of spruce-root basket weaving. With some outside help, the organization will produce how-to videos that show the entire Tlingit basket-making process.

By June Leffler, KSTK-Wrangell | July 31, 2018 12:23 pm

Jul 29 2018

Veteran and Klawock elder Aaron Isaacs looks at the veterans pole at the Klawock carving shed in early July. The pole will be raised Aug. 18. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD)

Klawock totem pole to honor Alaska Native veterans

By Leila Kheiry, KRBD-Ketchikan | 2 Alaska, Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Military, Southeast

The three-day pole-raising celebration is scheduled for Aug. 16-18. The pole will honor Alaska Native veterans.

By Leila Kheiry, KRBD-Ketchikan | July 29, 2018 8:00 am

Jul 26 2018

This design rendering shows how the new Juneau Arts and Culture Center may appear from the Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building.

Assembly questions ‘New JACC’ city bond

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | Arts & Culture, Juneau, Local Government

The Juneau Assembly has just a few weeks to put a bond measure on the ballot asking voters to approve funding for the New JACC. The $31 million project would be a mix of private donations and public investment.

By Jacob Resneck, KTOO | July 26, 2018 7:44 pm

Jul 25 2018

Klukwan Community Library carries out initiative to preserve stories of tribal members

By Henry Leasia, KHNS-Haines | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Family, History, Southeast

A Klukwan Community Library initiative hopes to preserve the stories of tribal members. Chilkat Stories: Our Village, Our Lives aims to capture the experiences of Klukwan residents of all ages by creating audio recordings of their stories.

By Henry Leasia, KHNS-Haines | July 25, 2018 9:45 am

Jul 25 2018

Kake, in central Southeast Alaska, lost three jobs when Sealaska subsidiary Managed Business Solutions closed its satellite office last month. (Courtesy Alaska Community Database)

Kake tribal government seeks return of items from remote grave site

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Arts & Culture, Federal Government, History, Juneau, Southeast, Spirit

The Organized Village of Kake seeks to bring back a mummified infant and other items taken in 1961 from a cave on Entrance Island near Hobart Bay, about 70 miles south of Juneau.

By Joe Viechnicki, KFSK-Petersburg | July 25, 2018 7:37 am

Jul 22 2018

The Historic Sitka Sawmill Building today. It houses the Sitka Sound Science Center gift shop as well as a Ludvigs chowder cart during the summer months. (Photo courtesy Sitka Sound Science Center)

Rasmuson Foundation awards $330,000 to revitalize mill building

By Katherine Rose, KCAW-Sitka | Arts & Culture, History, Southeast

The historic Mill Building may look quite different this time next year, thanks to a grant from the Rasmuson Foundation and, the center hopes, some matching local funds.

By Katherine Rose, KCAW-Sitka | July 22, 2018 8:00 am

Jul 16 2018

Evelyn Yanez points to pictures and says the Yup'ik name of the animal, object or activity, during a Yup'ik immersion program for infants to 5-year-olds in the village of Igiugig. (Photo by Avery Lill/KDLG)

Language workshop participants discuss challenges of revitalizing Yup’ik

By Isabelle Ross, KDLG-Dillingham | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Education, Southwest

This spring, the Alaska Senate declared a state of emergency for 20 Alaska Native languages. Two participants of an indigenous language workshop talk about the challenges for Yup’ik-speaking regions.

By Isabelle Ross, KDLG-Dillingham | July 16, 2018 7:56 pm

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Norton Sound communities look to build commercial reindeer economy

Mendenhall library’s new sculpture born of an old friendship

Juneau teens rap about Tlingit culture, smoking ‘a fat pound of salmon’ in new bilingual music video

Sealaska Heritage Institute to digitally preserve spruce-root basket weaving

Klawock totem pole to honor Alaska Native veterans

Assembly questions ‘New JACC’ city bond

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Kake tribal government seeks return of items from remote grave site

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