A family donated 8 mm film reels to the Juneau-Douglas City Museum, which had them digitized and presented parts of the videos this week at Gold Town Theater.
History
Juneau descendants of boarding school survivors sing to remember what wasn’t lost on Orange Shirt Day
Orange Shirt Day recognizes the Indigenous children who were separated from their language, families and culture and sent to residential schools across North America from the late 1800s well into the 20th Century.
‘Always in our hearts’: September is an important month for boarding school survivors
The National Day of Remembrance coincides with Congressional consideration of the boarding school healing bill.
Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek’ is no more, as federal geographic names board approves traditional alternative
Its new name is Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, meaning either “gizzard creek” or “creek or river belonging to gizzard island” in Unangam Tunuu, the language of the Indigenous Unangax̂ people.
Archaeologists find evidence of villages and one site from 7,000 years ago on Shuyak Island
A archaeological survey of an island near Kodiak has discovered new Alaska Native village sites, including one believed to be the island’s oldest.
Skagway set to celebrate 125 years as Alaska’s first city – despite what the Internet says
Skagway was the very first incorporated city in Alaska, and it will celebrate that accomplishment on June 28 with a town picture.