Two Eagle and Raven totem poles carved to honor the Tlingit Auk Kwáan clans and long term residents of Indian Village in Juneau will be raised next week. The Village Eagle and Raven clans along with Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) and the Tlingit and Haida Regional Housing Authority are sponsoring a totem pole raising ceremony […]
On Wednesday evening the Village Police Officer in the community of Ambler was called to respond to a report of a woman yelling for help from her porch. When the VPO arrived at the scene at 7:30 pm, he found a 50-year-old woman on her hands and knees hollering for help. The woman had her […]
It was reported by the Alaska State Trooper Dispatch on Wednesday that the Kodiak Trooper Post received a report of human remains being found on one of the archipelago’s islands on Monday. Troopers traveled to Shuyak Island, which lies approximately 70 miles to the north of the city of Kodiak. When they arrived at the […]
A grant from the Alaska State Museum will help the Alutiiq Museum preserve a piece of recent Kodiak history, the revitalization of Alutiiq dance. Thirty years ago, members of the Kodiak Alutiiq community began researching Alutiiq dance, with the goal of creating the first traditional dancers in a century. Elders’ knowledge, ethnographic research, and assistance […]