Rhonda McBride

Although the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act is about to turn fifty, most Alaskans know very little about it.

To hear about how this high-stakes drama changed our state forever, mark your calendars for Thursdays at 8:00 p.m.

That’s when KTOO 360TV is running “ANCSA@50: The Journey Continues,” a series of films and documentaries leading up to the 50th anniversary of claims act on December 18^th.

There’s a companion radio series, which airs on Juneau Afternoon on Thursdays, to give you the back story on the TV shows, which were produced on ANCSA’s 20, 30 and 40-year milestones.

This Thursday night’s episode is called, “Women Behind the Act,” which looks at the role Native women played in the land claims fight, one that history has mostly ignored but is full of strange but true stories.

On this Thursday’s Juneau Afternoon, Paul Ongtooguk, an ANCSA history expert, and two veteran Alaska Native journalists, Nellie Moore and Joaqlin Estus, will provide context and analysis for tonight’s TV program.

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Rhonda McBride hosts this Thursday’s program. You catch Juneau Afternoon Tuesday through Friday at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at ktoo.org, and repeated at 7:00 p.m. on KTOO.

 

 

 The University of Alaska, Native corporations and tribes are teaming up to help Native students not just survive, but thrive.

On Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, Ronalda Cadiente Brown and Pearl Brower will talk about their work on the Alaska Native Success Initiative – and efforts to create a more welcoming environment for Native college students.

Also on this program:

• Juneau’s Philanthropist of the Year, a name familiar to many for her longtime community service.
• KTOO celebrates National Public Radio Music Day… How music has become even more important since the pandemic.

• And how you can help the Jensen-Olson Arboretum: an urban oasis for gardeners and flower-lovers alike.

Sheli DeLaney hosts this Wednesday’s program. You can catch Juneau Afternoon Tuesday through Friday at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at ktoo.org, and repeated at 7 p.m. on KTOO.

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Laura Wayman is known as the “Dementia Whisperer,” and her book, “A Loving Approach to Dementia Care” offers new insights on how to help loved ones who struggle with memory problems.

In Tuesday’s Juneau Afternoon, Wayman will offer inspiration for caregivers, as well as some practical advice.

Also on this program:

• A day of giving to support the University of Alaska Southeast
• Starry swans and eagles, a few of the avian constellations that shine in the night sky. Learn how to find them at this week’s Juneau Audubon Society lecture.
• T’is the season for church bazaars. How the Northern Light Unity Church has taken their’s online.

Sheli DeLaney hosts this Tuesday’s program. You catch Juneau Afternoon Tuesday through Friday at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at ktoo.org, and repeated at 7:00 p.m. on KTOO.

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Pura Fé’s name means “pure faith” in Spanish. Her name in the Tuscarora language is Yęhskwètih, or “She builds bridges,” in English.

Both names seem to fit.  Not only does she have faith in the power of music, but has built bridges to all her different musical heritages, both Indigenous and Euporean, from Tuscarora to Taino, to Puerto Rican, African American and Corsican.

And like many of the performers at the Rock Aak’w Indigenous Music Festival, which gets underway on Friday, she is both an artist and activist.

On this Friday’s Juneau Afternoon, she talks about bringing contemporary Native music to the forefront of the mainstream music industry.

Also in this program:

• Juneau Community School adds some in-person classes to its fall schedule.
• Liyuan “Sunny” Zhang, the Juneau Artists Gallery’s featured artist for November.
• Tonight’s UAS Egan lecture looks at Alaska’s health insurance challenges

 

Listen to the whole show:

Part 1. Indigenous music fusion: Interview with Pura Fé, Rock Aak’w Indigenous Music Festival headliner.

Part 2.  Juneau Community School: Interview with  Suzanne Ainsworth, school coordinator. Sarah Lewis, UAF Cooperative Extension Serivce and Morgan Johnson, Juneau Plant Studio.

Part 3. Alaska health insurance: Jason Gootee, Vice President of Strategic Market Development at Moda Partners.

Part 4. Juneau Artists Gallery:  Liyuan “Sunny” Zhang and Mary McEwen, members of the gallery cooperative.

Rhonda McBride  hosts Friday’s program. You catch Juneau Afternoon, Tuesday through Friday, at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at ktoo.org, and repeated at a new time, 7:00 p.m. on KTOO.

 

 

Every Thursday, for the next seven weeks, Juneau Afternoon will offer a companion radio program, paired to a 360TV series, which airs every Thursday night,  ANCSA@50: The Journey Continues.

From the early days of the land claims land fight, cameras captured a lot of the high-stakes drama, footage that hasn’t been seen in years. But 360TV will showcase some of the videos and rare films, produced over the last 50 years.  This Thursday’s program, the first in the series, is simply titled, “The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.”

It was produced in 1986 by the Northwest Arctic Borough School District to educate students about the fight for land claims and its far reaching impacts.  On the 50th anniversary of the land claims, the documentary remains a good introduction to understanding legislation that changed Alaska forever.

On this Thursday’s Juneau Afternoon, Paul Ongtooguk,  an ANCSA history expert, and Native journalist Joaqlin Estus, provide context and analysis for tonight’s documentary – and share their own ANCSA stories.

 

Rhonda McBride will host this companion radio series every Thursday,  leading up to December 18th, the 50th anniversary of the signing of ANCSA. You can catch Juneau Afternoon Tuesday through Friday at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at ktoo.org, and repeated at 7:00 p.m. on KTOO.

 

Ben Huff is a photographer, who seems to favor haunting landscapes. His latest project, Atomic Island, took him to Adak, a cold war outpost in the Aleutians that time seems to have forgotten.

On this Wednesday’s Juneau Afternoon, Huff will talk about his photographs of Adak, which will be featured in a new exhibit at the Alaska State Museum.

Also on this program:

• Rock Aak’w is about to launch, the first Indigenous music festival of its kind in Alaska.

  

• Apela Colorado, founder of the Worldwide Indigenous Science Network, explains why she believes Indigenous knowledge is the key to saving humanity.
• How programs like the Juneau Police Cadets and Citizen Academy help to generate interest in law enforcement careers.

Sheli Delaney hosts this Wednesday’s program. You catch Juneau Afternoon Tuesday through Friday at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO Juneau 104.3, online at ktoo.org, and repeated at 7:00 p.m. on KTOO.

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