Alaska Native Arts & Culture

“For a Native Athabascan of the Cook Inlet region, Dena’ina isn’t just the language of their people, it is a portal to the full depths of their cultural heritage.”

The robe traveled all the way from Texas, where it was almost sold to the highest bidder. Instead, Sealaska Heritage Institute held a homecoming ceremony for it on Tuesday.

This weekend, crowds showed up in the pouring rain to do their holiday shopping at Juneau’s Public Market, but it wasn’t the only place in town to buy local goods.

Wayne Price thinks if there is going to be a wider healing among Natives in America, the U.S. government needs to apologize for the devastating toll the boarding schools took.

The City of Nome joins several other cities across the country that celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ day instead of Columbus Day.

“We’re helping to write down the story of how boarding schools are affecting us and our families today, so that our children and grandchildren will know the history.”