This week’s word is aasgutú, or forest.

On Saturdays in George Gress’s workshop, guitar enthusiasts bond over wood flames and handmade instruments.

For decades, the kootéeyaa lived inside the U.S. Forest Service office in Juneau. But on Saturday it was rededicated to its new home inside the visitor center.

This week’s word is keitl, or dog.

U.S. Navy representatives visited Kake over the weekend to formally apologize for the winter attack, which left many people to starve or die of exposure after the village was destroyed. 

The visit to the remote Southeast Alaska village was part of an ongoing effort to apologize for the religious group’s participation in the forced assimilation of the Tlingit people.