Southeast Alaska’s Tlingit-Haida Central Council is increasing its opposition to mines just across the border in British Columbia.
Alaska Native Arts & Culture
Kenaitze candlelight vigil raises awareness about sexual assault
“Sharing my story, I hope will give someone the strength to come forward and say, I need help, and that together, each of us just by sharing our stories will break cycles of abuse and violence,” says Lindgren.
Athletes prepare for Native Youth Olympics
About 500 athletes from elementary through high school will be at the Native Youth Olympics, which kicks off today in Anchorage.
How Russian Easter bread became an Alaska Native tradition
Siouxbee Lindoff has been baking kulich, a Russian Easter bread, for over 40 years.
Tlingit language to be officially recognized in federal maps database
For the first time, a Tlingit name for a peak in Juneau will be included in the Geographic Names Information System or GNIS. This makes it possible for that name to be printed on federal maps and publications. Getting the indigenous name for a Juneau peak officially recognized actually began as an attempt to give the point a Western moniker.
Juneau Schools replace controversial texts with book by First Nations writer
Nicola Campbell’s “Shin-chi’s Canoe” depicts life in an Indian boarding school.