Petersburg unveils kéet yaakw with traditional canoe blessing at Sandy Beach
Over 100 people gathered to see Petersburg’s first canoe in a century when the local tribe unveiled and blessed it on April 19.
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Petersburg’s tribe prepares kéet yaakw, its first canoe in a century, for Journey to Celebration
There are a few things that make the new canoe special. It’s the first one Petersburg’s local tribe has owned, and the first the community has had in over a century. Several canoes from around the region will launch from Petersburg this summer with a group of people traveling to Juneau for the biennial Celebration festival. A lot of time, planning and paint has been put toward bringing the new killer whale canoe to life.
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Traditional foods educator teaches berry propagation at Petersburg’s Rainforest Festival
Across the state, many Alaskans are united by their love of berries. At Petersburg’s Rainforest Festival, a traditional food and medicine educator taught attendees how to propagate local berries in their community.
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Tannery closures hinder Alaska sea otter hunters
With no large-scale tanneries in Southeast Alaska, hunters have few options to continue their traditional cultural practices of skin-sewing sea otters.
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Petersburg celebrates first Amy Hallingstad Day with memories of the civil rights leader’s legacy
Friends, family and community members gathered near the Petersburg Indian Association’s Hallingstad-Peratrovich Building on June 28 to celebrate the town’s first annual Amy Hallingstad Day, honoring a Tlingit woman who shaped Petersburg’s history in the 20th century.
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Tlingit brothers kill aggressive sea lion in subsistence hunt
The harbormaster says the animal had been snapping at people and pets, stalking them as they walked the docks.
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A journey to Celebration brings reflections on culture and grief amidst rough seas
Until recently, 24-year-old YaKunda.ein Avery Herrman Sakamoto hadn’t spent much time in a canoe. Then she signed up to paddle more than 100 miles through Southeast Alaska’s inside waters from Petersburg to Juneau. She joined dozens of paddlers heading north to Celebration, the largest gathering of Tlingít , Haida, and Tsimshian peoples in the world. Some of the paddlers started in Ketchikan, others were from Prince of Wales Island, or Wrangell. A few came up from the Lower 48 to make the trip.
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Canoes journeying to Celebration welcomed in Petersburg
Six canoes holding dozens of pullers landed in Petersburg Wednesday evening. Tribal citizens, locals, and tourists filled Petersburg’s drive-down dock to greet the travelers, Tlingít robes and raincoats wrapped tight against the wind and intermittent rain.
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