History

Curators promise broad, honest representations of Alaska Native history and culture in new Juneau museum.

Despite an incoming typhoon, 30-foot seas, and 100-meter visibility, every one of the more than 500 passengers and crew escaped before the ship burned and sank.

The Smithsonian is using 3D printing and scanning technology to preserve and repatriate Hoonah Indian Association items.

Using traditional knowledge to support ecological research was the focus of two presentations Saturday at the “Sharing Our Knowledge” Tlingit clan conference.

Tlingit Roy Peratrovich Jr. remembers designing the original Brotherhood Bridge, bronze medallions restored for recently dedicated replacement.

Who were the women who worked against voting rights for women in the early 20th century? Some were involved in community and charity — but not electoral politics.

Attu is scheduled for what may be the first of many stages of cleanup — but it’s unlikely the military will ever be able to turn back the clock to a time before conflict.

The Alaska State Historical Records Advisory Board has recognized The Petersburg Public Library with a certificate of excellence for partnering with the Petersburg Pilot to digitize and archive the weekly newspaper going back 100 years.

The director of the Sitka Historical Society has been in an extensive—and somewhat bizarre—email exchange with a Russian event promoter named Alex Chupilkin.

In a dystopian future, Western civilization has crumbled and indigenous people are in control. That’s the premise of Jack Dalton’s play “Assimilation.”