“It’s something that’s been passed down one generation to the next and it’s still with us today and it still works,” says artist Wayne Price.
Alaska Native Arts & Culture
AFN Convention keynote speakers announced
This year renowned Haida weaver Delores Churchill and her grandson Haida master carver Donald Varnell will then deliver the keynote address Oct. 15, the first day of the convention.
As subsistence foods become scarce, Kivalina celebrates a new store
It’s been a festive day in the Northwest Arctic community of Kivalina as residents celebrate the grand opening of a new store. It’s an end to eight months of struggle with limited supplies after Kivalina’s store burned to the ground Dec. 5.
Forgiving without forgetting: A Tlingit village up in smoke
In 1962, the Douglas Indian Village was set ablaze to make way for a new harbor. This month marks 53 years since the city displaced households of Tlingit T’aaku Kwáan families.
Federal bill would change rural designation process for subsistence
The Organized Village of Saxman lost its designation during a 2007 Federal Subsistence Board review. A bill now in Congress would change the rural determination process.
2 Gene Studies Suggest First Migrants To Americas A Complex Mix
Scientists assume a wave of people from what’s now Siberia crossed into North America via Alaska, maybe 23,000 years ago. Genetics support that, but may also suggest another wave from Australasia.