More than a hundred people gathered Saturday at the Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial Saturday for the Blessing of the Fleet and to pay tribute to the people whose names are engraved on the memorial.
History
A Long, Complicated Battle Over 9,000-Year-Old Bones Is Finally Over
The 1996 discovery of Kennewick Man, one of the oldest North American human skeletons ever found, erupted in an unprecedented fight between scientists and Native American beliefs.
Ringling Bros. Circus Holds Final Shows Featuring Elephants
In the world of animal rights, one activist compares it to the fall of the Berlin Wall. The original plan called for phasing out elephants’ role in the circus by 2018.
Do The Words ‘Race Riot’ Belong On A Historic Marker In Memphis?
On May 1, 1866, Memphis was home to a massacre that killed 46 African-Americans and injured many others. Now a historical marker shows an ongoing rift between white historians and black activists.
Daniel Berrigan, Activist Jesuit Priest Who Opposed Vietnam War, Dies
Berrigan became emblematic of the opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam. He served time in jail for an audacious act of civil disobedience.
Experimental Solar-Powered Plane Completes Journey Across The Pacific
Solar Impulse 2 flew for three days from Hawaii to Calif., after a nine month delay for repairs. The team is aiming to complete a round-the-world journey using only the sun’s power.
In Amundsen’s Footsteps: Expedition retraces route of explorer’s 1905 Journey
An international team of explorers returned recently from a grueling 700-mile dogsled journey from the Arctic Ocean to Eagle, Alaska. They were the first to retrace the route that legendary explorer Roald Amundsen took in 1905 after his historic transit of the Northwest Passage.
After a history stained by shame, finding pride in Tlingit identity
Harriet Brouillette’s family history is wrought with identity struggles. In a StoryCorps interview from the Haines and Juneau Public Libraries, Brouillette told her son, Ted Hart, about her and her family’s experiences growing up Tlingit.
Treasury Decides To Put Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill
The decision caps a public campaign asking for the change and months of deliberation by the Treasury.
Historical tensions surface at Sitka land use meeting
The presentation was intended to acquaint the 50 or so Sitkans in the audience with the early history of land use. But for some, it also touched a nerve.