Arts & Culture

Mar 22 2019
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Traditional Tlingit halibut hooks brought as examples to a science class at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé on March 5, 2019. (Photo by Zoe Grueskin/KTOO)

How carving halibut hooks teaches Juneau students both science and tradition

By | 2 Alaska, Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Climate Change, Education, Environment, Fisheries, Juneau, Juneau Schools, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southeast, Subsistence, Wildlife

For several years, students in a JDHS science class have been learning about halibut hook carving. A Tlingit carver says it’s mostly about common sense: paying close attention and working with what you’ve got.

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Mar 18 2019
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New House Tribal Affairs Committee aims to advance state relationships

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Southeast, Southwest, State Government

Because the Alaska state government’s relationship with tribes cuts across many different state departments, House lawmakers decided to have one committee that would attend to the full range of tribal affairs.

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Mar 07 2019
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Robert Melovidov holds up fur seal meat that he’s preparing to cook in his home on St. Paul island in January. Unangan people on St. Paul like Melovidov have been pushing the federal government for more than a decade for more freedom to harvest the fur seals they share the island with.

For decades, the government stood between the Unangan people and the seals they subsist on. Now that’s changing.

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Aleutians, Arts & Culture, History, Subsistence

On remote St. Paul Island, federal rules have restricted subsistence hunting for years, forcing residents to buy expensive groceries. New rules could take effect soon, but opponents worry about a declining local seal population.

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