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Small on stage, giants in legacy for participants in Celebration’s toddler regalia review
Kids ages 1-5 showcase family-made clothing, accessories with links to widespread tribal ancestries.
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Paddling to Celebration in traditional canoes a journey of healing, remembrance and kinship
New and longtime participants arriving in downtown Juneau say trip reconnects them to ancestors.
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Traditional canoes making voyage from Haines to Celebration get warm welcome from Lingít Aaní
Group joins others from Southeast making long paddle to Juneau for biennial Indigenous event.
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Áak’w Rock bringing another ‘Side Stage’ to accompany this week’s Celebration
10 Indigenous performers scheduled Friday and Saturday at various venues downtown.
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Celebration 2024 mixes decades of tradition with new events
Thousands gather in Juneau for four-day Indigenous dance-and-culture festival starting Wednesday.
Neighbors
Neighbors: Celebration begins Wednesday with mix of traditional and new events
Nearly 1,600 dancers from 36 dance groups scheduled to participate in four-day gathering.
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Canoes making 150-mile journey from Wrangell, other Southeast communities to Celebration
Paddlers expected to arrive in Juneau on June 4, one day before biennial Alaska Native gathering.
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Traditional Memorial Day ceremonies offer new ways to ‘never forget’ those who served
New installations at memorial sites, fresh words of reminder shared by hundreds gathering in Juneau.
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Alaska lawmakers approve additional support for addressing missing and murdered Indigenous people
Cultural training for law enforcement officers and dedicated MMIP investigators among updates.
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Haines artists get belated recognition for iconic Tlingit and Haida logo
Nathan Jackson and John Hagen created the design that has been on tribal materials since the ‘70s.
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Alaska lawmakers support push to investigate, document forced assimilation in boarding schools
The widely supported resolution supports a bill championed by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Congress.
Neighbors
Neighbors: Sealaska Heritage Institute debuts multilingual online Alaska Native dictionary with audio
Platform includes resources for Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian languages.
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Juneau lawmaker’s bill adding four Indigenous languages to state’s official list unanimously passes Senate
Legislation by Rep. Andi Story also renames, expands size of state Native languages council.
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Rally seeks future where Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day is not necessary
More than 50 people gather at Capitol to share stories of missing family, efforts to address issue.
Opinion
My Turn: A call to action during Missing and Murdered Indigenous People month
Hello, my name is Patricia Graham. May is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women/People Month. Sunday, May 5, is…
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Alaska Native languages at crucial juncture, biennial report says
Call to action urges systemic reforms to the state’s support and integration of Native languages.
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Weavers, dancers and teachers celebrate revival of a traditional crafting of robes from the fringes
“You have just witnessed the largest gathering of Ravenstail regalia in history.”
Sports
Alaska’s Indigenous teens emulate ancestors’ Arctic survival skills at the Native Youth Olympics
The athletes filling a huge gym in Anchorage were ready to compete, cheering and stomping and high-fiving each…
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Alaska tribal health consortiums are legally immune in many cases, state Supreme Court says
The Alaska Supreme Court overturned a 20-year-old precedent Friday by ruling that Alaska Native tribal organizations can more…
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A historically big show-and-tell for small Ravenstail robes
About 40 child-sized robes to be featured in weavers’ gathering, dance and presentations Tuesday.