Youth and Northwest Art Showcased at Sealaska Celebration Awards

Sealaska Heritage Institute
6/7/16
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will open its eighth, biennial Juried Art Show this week and give awards in five divisions...
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From Alaska to LA: Tlingit Playwright’s First Production Earns Prestigious Premiere

Frank Hopper
5/19/16
Two years ago when Tlingit playwright Frank Henry Kaash Katasse chatted with a woman at a play workshop in Juneau, he had no idea he was speaking with Jean Bruce Scott, co-founder ...

Melting Away: Documentary ‘Children of the Arctic’ Exploring Alaska Native Youth Airs on PBS

ICTMN Staff
4/4/16
Descendants of the Iñupiat Eskimo people of Alaska are watching their ice—and with it their culture, languages and way of life—melt away...

$9 Million to 24 Tribal and Alaska Native Communities for Clean Energy

ICTMN Staff
3/26/16
Clean, efficient energy projects for 24 American Indian and Alaska Native communities received a boost last week with 16 grants totaling $9 million, the U.S...
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Facebook Group Connects Homeless Alaska Natives and Their Families

Frank Hopper
7/20/15
On June 12 Jerry Marsha Riley posted a picture of her brother Johnny Nagasiak to the Anchorage-based Facebook group, Forget me not ...
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Sealaska Doles Out 289 Scholarships to College Students

ICTMN Staff
6/13/15
Marissa Brakes, an undergraduate student studying criminal justice at Boise State University, is just one of 289 scholarship recipients for the 2015-2016 academic year...
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Native Land Settlement Activist ‘Etok’ Edwardsen Walks On

ICTMN Staff
5/13/15
Charles “Etok” Edwardsen Jr., “a brilliant but controversial Eskimo activist” according to Alaska Dispatch News , walked on May 8 while on a whaling trip outside of Barrow, Alaska...
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Video: Traditional Foods to Be Served to Elders in Nursing Facilities

ICTMN Staff
5/4/15
What happens to traditional diet when Alaska Native elders move into long-term care facilities?...

Honey Buckets and Ice Hauling: Native Alaskans Cope With Lack of Running Water

Mary Annette Pember
5/1/15
I’d heard about the use of honey buckets in rural Alaska but assumed the reality would turn out to be simply another example of the American habit of exaggeration...
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Grassroots Haida Revitalization Videos: Keeping the Language Alive

Christina Rose
4/7/15
Schools, universities, and organizations throughout Indian country are working towards revitalizing endangered indigenous languages, but in Ketchikan, Alaska, it is the community t...

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