Nearly 70 years after the dramatic rescue of a downed Navy air crew on St. Lawrence Island, the Alaska Heroism Medal will be awarded to the families of 16 members of the Gambell First Scouts Batallion.
History
Remains of Alutiiq girl taken from Kodiak more than 100 years ago will return to Old Harbor
Earlier this summer, the U.S. Army began the process of returning the remains of eight Indigenous children from the Carlisle School to their families across the country.
Voyage from Homer to Bristol Bay commemorates fishery’s sailing tradition
For more than 60 years, sailboats dominated Bristol Bay’s commercial fishery.
President of First Alaskans Institute testifies at committee hearing on federal boarding schools
La Quen Náay Liz Medicine Crow pointed to the history of Alaska Native youth being sent out of state to boarding schools and to punitive asylums in the Lower 48.
Companies are selling Juneteenth branded products. Here’s why that’s a big problem
Brands and companies are working to remove their Juneteenth items from shelves, as experts say those who are selling Juneteenth-branded products are “tone-deaf.”
Last wooden ranger boat in Alaska to be unwrapped for Wrangell’s Fourth of July
The 62-foot vessel was built in 1925 and spent decades patrolling the waters of what’s now known as the Tongass National Forest.