Mt. Edgecumbe High School celebrated Gil Truitt Day on Tuesday and honored the Tlingit elder and local historian with a plaque dedication and tribute.
"Gil Truitt"
Sitka looks to rename Baranof Elementary School after Native educator
The Sitka School Board recently decided to send the question of the name change to the Sitka Tribe, in hopes of identifying a “significant local cultural educator.”
‘Mr. Mount Edgecumbe’: Tlingit elder Gil Truitt has died
Truitt was a member of Mount Edgecumbe High School’s first graduating class and worked at the Sitka boarding school for more than thirty years before retiring in the early 90s.
Coach, teacher and ally among eight honored for tribal achievements
Gil Truitt spent more than three decades teaching, coaching and leading teens at a government-run boarding high school. He’s been called a legend. Now, he’s received the highest form of recognition given by the state’s largest tribal government.
Herb Didrickson 1926-2017: Alaska’s ‘Jim Thorpe’ put family before fame
Sitkans paid their final respects last week to Herb Didrickson. The 91-year-old Tlingit elder died Sept. 25 in Sitka.
Gold Medal has urban origins, village tradition
Before statehood, before the Alaska Marine Highway System, there was the Gold Medal Basketball Tournament in Juneau. This year, the event turns 70.