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Alaska Native leaders say racial discrimination still affects communities

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Alaska Native leaders say racial discrimination still affects communities

Native Issues Forum gets emotional for speakers.

Hundreds gather to honor Alaska civil rights icon Elizabeth Peratrovich

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Hundreds gather to honor Alaska civil rights icon Elizabeth Peratrovich

Her face will appear on the U.S. $1 coin this year.

In this file photo from May 2017, survivors, friends and family visit the Funter Bay internment camp where of hundreds of Aleutian and Pribiloff Island Alaska Natives were held during WWII. The group commemorated the 75th anniversary of the internment by installing a “healing cross” at the grave site of those who perished during their years of internment. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Sacred histories in war’s cemeteries

We study history to avoid the mistakes of the past.

Bill would require state to officially recognize Alaska’s 229 tribes

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Bill would require state to officially recognize Alaska’s 229 tribes

Tribes are already recognized federally.

Planet Alaska: Drawing an ovoid a day

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Planet Alaska: Drawing an ovoid a day

The ovoid is the heart of it all.

Arts campus project asks for city funds

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Arts campus project asks for city funds

Will the city support it?

An event held in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en pipeline protests being held in British Columbia drew dozens of Juneauites to Auke Bay Recreation Area Sunday. (Courtesy Photo | Sigoop Price)

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Juneau activists stand with Canadian protesters

Solidarity for indigenous rights.

Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire                                 Sealaska Heritage Institute President Rosita Worl and Air Force Lt. Gen. Tom Bussiere, Commander for Alaskan Command, stand together following a day of meetings at SHI’s Walter Soboleff Building.

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Setting it right: Military could apologize for bombarding Alaska Native villages

Three Southeast Alaska villages were bombarded by the military in the 1800s.

Courtesy photo | UA Museum of the North                                The fossil of Gunakadeit joseeae, which was found in Southeast Alaska. About two thirds of the tail had already eroded away when the fossil was discovered.

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Ancient species found near Kake given Tlingit name

This is the first species ever given a Tlingit name.

Lani Strong Hotch of Klukwan was one of two weavers from Southeast Alaska to be named USA Fellows by United States Artists. (Courtesy Photo | United States Artists)

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Tlingit, Haida master weavers receive national honors

Two Southeast artists were among the 50 recognized nationwide.

Weavers prepare for ‘stunning’ gathering in Juneau

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Weavers prepare for ‘stunning’ gathering in Juneau

It’s all coming together.

Planet Alaska: A lesson from haa shagóon in 2020

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Planet Alaska: A lesson from haa shagóon in 2020

The phrase means so much more than just “our ancestors.”

After criticism, Goldbelt Inc. reduces pay raise for board members

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After criticism, Goldbelt Inc. reduces pay raise for board members

Under new leadership, board of directors lowers compensation for its members.

High payraise yields cricitism, board of directors shake-up for Goldbelt

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High payraise yields cricitism, board of directors shake-up for Goldbelt

Emergency meeting elected new members.

Chuck Smythe, Ph.D., History and Culture Director for Sealaska Heritage Institute, standing next to reproduction of Tlingit battle armor by Sitka artist Tommy Joseph, gives a tour of new temporary exhibit, “War & Peace” in the institute’s gallery on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. The exhibit opens Friday, Dec. 6, for Gallery Walk and will be up until February. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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A wound still bleeding: New exhibit lays bare war and peace in the Southeast

The U.S. military’s treatment of the Tlingit has been an unkind one.

Selina Finley, center, reluctantly listens to a judgment by the Judge, played by Teri Tibbett, right, during a Reentry Simulation event at the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. The event was sponsored by Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska in partnership with the Juneau Reentry Coalition and Alaska Mental Health Trust. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Breaking the cycle: Community leaders roleplay a rough reentry to society

Do not pass go, do not collect $200.

In this April 18, 2019, file photo, Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo | Patrick Semansky, File)

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AFN highlights widespread public safety failings in rural communities

There’s deep fear concerning the state of Alaska’s public safety.

Jacqueline Pata, President & CEO of the Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority, speaks at an announcement of a $1 million grant to help veteran’s housing needs in Southeast Alaska on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Tlingit and Haida gets more than $1 million in housing grants

THRHA will help homeless veterans through the grant.

Steve Henrikson, Curator of Collections at the Alaska State Museum, displays a plastic replica of a Tlingit throwing stick before his presentation on spear throwing with Richard VanderHoek, State Archaeologist with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Office of History and Archaeology, as part of the Sharing Our Knowledge conference on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Rarely documented Tlingit tools were used to hunt

This conference talk got to the point.

Language, culture take center stage at conference opening

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Language, culture take center stage at conference opening

Academics, artists and indigenous people from throughout the state and Canada converged Thursday morning in Juneau.