For Filipino American History Month, Peñaranda visited Juneau last week for the closing of the exhibit. He reminisced over names and faces in the exhibit, like the Filipino union leaders who formed the Alaska Cannery Workers Association.
Yvonne Krumrey
Justice & Culture Reporter, KTOO
"Through my reporting and series Tongass Voices and Lingít Word of the Week, I tell stories about people who have shaped -- and continue to shape -- the landscape of this place we live."
UAS will host language panel on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
The speakers will give updates on the current status of language revitalization for all three languages, as well as what they think the future of the languages looks like.
Alaska Quakers apologize for Douglas Island Friends Mission School
The apology said the Religious Society of Friends ran around 30 schools for Native youth in the U.S., with the intention of forcing Indigenous children to assimilate into white society.
Orange Shirt Day in Juneau offers listening and learning for people of all ages
Jessica Kinville-James said it’s important that their kids have the connections to their culture that were severed in the boarding school era.
‘An egregious act of spiritual abuse’: Behind the closure of Juneau’s Memorial Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian church leaders have determined that closing the church was an act of racism.
Removing debris from Juneau landslide could take days, city says
One home was completely destroyed by the slide, and two more were damaged.