The Alaska State Writer Laureate wrote an episode about the show’s titular character navigating the complex history of Thanksgiving to create a celebration that honors Alaska Native culture.
Arts & Culture
Tongass Voices: S’eiltin Jamiann Hasselquist on the power of traditional foods
Hasselquist has been hosting weekly community soup nights this month in the Traditional Foods and Medicine Kitchen inside Sealaska Heritage Institute’s new Indigenous Science Building in Downtown Juneau.
Maggie McMillan to lead Juneau Arts and Humanities Council
The JAHC announced the hire Friday, more than six months after the former director stepped down in May.
First screen adaptation of ‘Two Old Women’ told in severely endangered Athabascan language
The new film premiered in Hawai’i last month, with homecoming showings scheduled in Alaska in December.
Angoon’s new killer whale kootéeyaa represents a clan’s legacy
Shgendootaan George laid out the history of three killer whale totem poles that have stood next to her clan house in Angoon as part of a Sealaska Heritage Institute series celebrating Native American Heritage Month.
University of Alaska Southeast students gather to watch sci-fi film starring campus handyman
A beloved maintenance employee at the University of Alaska Southeast starred in a low-budget sci-fi comedy a decade ago, so UAS students hosted a screening.