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Alaska Arts Confluence to present First Friday with Joe Ordonez
HAINES — The Alaska Arts Confluence in Haines will host a First Friday book signing of “Where Eagles…
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‘Sharing Our Knowledge’ conference highlights crucial role of Tlingit elders
The full name of last week’s Tlingit Clan Conference, inspired by original organizer Andy Hope III, is “Sharing…
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Haa Saax’ú, Haa Latseení (Our Names, Our Strength)
Salmon streams, herring hotspots, and points, islands and settlements around Southeast Alaska have carried Tlingit names for thousands…
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Art in Unusual Places
Art in Unusual Places The CCW welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places. Photographers of…
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November First Friday Art Walk
Here’s a look at what’s going on for the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Juneau this week,…
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Film Series raises awareness in advance of Paris climate talks
When international leaders meet in Paris at the end of this month to discuss a universal agreement on…
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Coastal subsistence study: The faces behind the findings
In October, Capital City Weekly’s Mary Catharine Martin reported on an impressive region-wide effort to document and understand…
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StoryCorps excerpt: ‘I want my son to know who he is’
As part of last week’s Tlingit Clan Conference at Centennial Hall, the Juneau Public Library set up a…
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SHI to sponsor lectures for Native American Heritage Month
Sealaska Heritage Institute will sponsor its annual noon lecture series to celebrate Native American Heritage Month and Walter…
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Book review: Ernestine Hayes’ ‘Blonde Indian
“Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir” by Ernestine Hayes. 173 pages, 2006, University of Arizona Press, $16.95 …
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‘Southeast Alaska: A Photographic Passage’
In “Southeast Alaska: A Photographic Passage,” float houses and boat harbors appear through mist; oyster catchers stare through…
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Rasmuson Foundation announces grants
The Rasmuson Foundation has announced $826,634 in third-quarter grants across the state, and the list includes several in…
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Seattle-based improv duo to perform Nov. 13-14
Get Felt, a Seattle-based improv duo featuring Stephani Thompson and Elizabeth Westermann, will perform at the Hangar Ballroom…
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Alaska Community Foundation announces $164,000 in grants
The Alaska Community Foundation has announced 13 grant awards totaling $164,000 to meet basic needs in 10 communities…
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Shrinking yourself
I can usually tell if I’m going to catch fish or not. That’s not spoken out of arrogance,…
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Meals with Midgi: Stuffed Poblano Peppers
In my business I walk. I walk a lot. As I guide visitors along Juneau’s scenic waterway and…
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Juneau’s Hidden History: Amalga, Juneau’s ghost town
Deep in the Tongass National Forest sit the remains of the once profitable gold mining town of Amalga.…
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Fish Factor: Plummeting prices, flushed meds
Alaska’s 2015 salmon season produced the second largest harvest ever, but rock bottom prices yielded the lowest pay…
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On Writing: Running out of ink
Editor’s note: Michelle Bonnet Hale, Jim Hale’s partner, is Jim’s guest columnist for “On Writing” this week. The…
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Writers Weir: Ski Bummin’
Ski Bummin’ Breaths of wintery-cool airAnd I am antsy for a powder yearAs snowflakes floatIn hesitant freefallLaying thruwayFor…