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Jul 25 2018
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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 | 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.

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Jun 20 2018
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Someone stole a 10,000-year-old mammoth bone from the Campbell Creek Science Center in March. They’re now offering a $500 reward for information. (Photo by Erin McKinstry/Alaska Public Media)

Campbell Creek Science Center offers reward for information on stolen mammoth tusk

By | Arts & Culture, History, Southcentral

In March, someone stole a 10,000-year-old mammoth tusk from the Center. Bureau of Land Management, which owns the Center, announced Tuesday that it’s offering a $500 reward to anyone with information leading to the recovery of the missing 100-pound tusk.

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May 25 2018
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Tadashi Ogawa, left, visited Kiska and Attu last summer to shoot footage for "When The Fog Clears." (Photo by Berett Wilber/KUCB)

‘When The Fog Clears’ filmmaker aims to make Forgotten War unforgettable

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Aleutians, Arts & Culture, History, Military, Nation & World

The Aleutian Islands served as the battleground for some of the bloodiest conflicts on American soil since the Civil War. But most people have never heard of the Battle of Attu, the invasion of Kiska, or even the Aleutian campaign. A Japanese filmmaker wants to change that.

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