The short answer is yes. It was there for decades, and there are plenty of people still around in Juneau who remember it.
History
‘May our hands do you justice’: Hoonah totem pole raising ceremony honors Alaska’s veterans
The totem pole is just the first piece of what will eventually be Huna Veteran’s Memorial Park.
UAF team excavates Chena, the abandoned gold rush town that lost out to Fairbanks
Chena had a number of advantages until Judge James Wickersham persuaded federal authorities to build a courthouse in Fairbanks.
Advocates hope return of Alaska Native student from Carlisle Indian School inspires others to bring ancestors home
Sophia Tetoff is the first Alaska Native student buried at the former Carlisle school in Pennsylvania to return to Alaska. Tetoff’s relative, and other advocates, hope her story inspires others to seek the return of their ancestors.
‘We continue to pay a price’: Survivors reflect on generational impact of residential schools at Petersburg vigil
Since May, the remains of more than 1,000 Indigenous children have been found at sites of former residential schools in Canada. A vigil was held in Petersburg in their memory, and to honor local survivors.
Civil rights icon Elizabeth Peratrovich honored in Sitka with new cedar bench
The plan is to install the bench in front of Harrigan Centennial Hall, where Sitka’s statue of Alexander Baranov once stood.