According to a recent report by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, it’s due to a mixture of increased outmigration and deaths outnumbering births in the region.
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Tongass Voices: Ariel Estrada on the fast and furious nature of his one-man play
Ariel Estrada wrote a one-man play that’s coming to Juneau this week. In fact, it’s the world premiere of Full Contact, a play that stretches from his father’s immigration to Southeast Alaska, to teaching LGBTQ+ self-defense at a martial arts dojo in New York City. The show’s run in Juneau kicks off Wednesday with a pay-as–you-can preview.
Tongass Voices: Moria Johnson-Sidney on the stabilizing force of carving a yaakw
Moria Johnson-Sidney shares how carving has added stability to her life during a tumultuous time.
Tongass Voices: Skaydu.û Jules on bringing Lingít into other traditional practices
Originally from Teslin, Skaydu.û Jules now lives in Juneau, where she’s training to become a Lingít language teacher and hopes to one day help carve a canoe solely speaking Lingít.
Tongass Voices: Wayne Price on the past — and future — of yaakw carving
Master Carver Wayne Price has been instrumental in bringing the Lingít artform back over the last forty years while training the next generation of dugout canoe carvers.
Juneau group home for women in reentry and recovery reopens after demolition
T’áa Shuyee Hit Haven House is now accepting applications for up to nine residents.