Indian Agent, the Alaska band reclaiming Indigenous voices
In the 1800s, the U.S. government hired non-indigenous people known as Indian agents to interact with and work to assimilate
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Culture (USA)
After high-level Arctic talks, the party moves to Anchorage, Alaska
While the Arctic Council convenes in Fairbanks, the after-party is happening in Anchorage. As delegates, dignitaries and stakeholders wind down
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Lights in the sky and mysterious gravesites: Seeking the supernatural in Western Alaska
Unexplained lights in the night sky. Killer whales that transform into human beings. Bigfoot sightings. These are just a few
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‘I Am Inuit’ goes from Instagram to museum in Anchorage, Alaska
Who lives in the Arctic? And what are their stories? Those are questions posed by a new photography exhibit more
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Alaska folk schools offer lessons in countering ‘convenience culture’
Raising urban chickens, making a leather belt or building a traditional kayak aren’t among the offerings you’ll usually find at
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Art of an avant-garde Arctic in downtown Anchorage
When people imagine Alaska’s Arctic, experimental art isn’t typically first thing that comes to mind. But a new exhibit at
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Southcentral cheer team vies for top spot at Worlds competition
On Saturday, Alaska’s Black Ice team will compete in the 2016 Cheerleading Worlds competition in Orlando, Florida, where they’ll go head to head
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Despite back injury, Hendrickson returns to Iditarod
WILLOW — After about an hour of sitting on the couch in her log home north of Willow in late January,
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Alaska cultural tourism comes with challenges
Several times a week, Cecelia George dresses in the regalia of her Tlingit ancestors to play the coveted role of Raven
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New evidence of prehistoric trade with Asia found at Alaska site
Four years ago, archaeologists announced they had found evidence on the Alaska side of the Bering Strait of trade with
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‘Ultimate Survival Alaska’ star James Sweeney has mixed feelings about reality TV fame
If you’ve watched the reality TV show “Ultimate Survival Alaska,” you know James Sweeney. In a field of mild, mostly
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Native artifacts stolen from Bethel, Alaska health corporation headquarters
BETHEL — Native artifacts and artwork were stolen from display cases at the administrative headquarters of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp., a discovery
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Two Alaska Native artifacts return home after clandestine auction bid by nonprofit
Two Alaska Native artifacts have been returned to local Native organizations after some behind-the-scenes intervention from the U.S. State Department
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