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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by Hannah Flor | Dec 12, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, News, Syndicated | 0
The harbormaster says the animal had been snapping at people and pets, stalking them as they walked the docks.
Read Moreby Hannah Flor | Jun 20, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, News, Syndicated | 0
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.
Read Moreby Hannah Flor | May 31, 2024 | Featured News, Local News, News, Syndicated | 0
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.
Read Moreby Hannah Flor | Dec 5, 2023 | Featured News, Local News, News, Syndicated | 0
Tribal Council President Cris Morrison speaking to members of Petersburg’s Borough Assembly...
Read Moreby Angela Denning | Jan 25, 2021 | Featured News, Local News, News, Syndicated | 0
The program “Thru the Cultural Lens” is run by Sealaska Heritage Institute. It’s been in some of Juneau’s secondary schools for about seven years but this year it’s expanding to five K-12 school districts in smaller communities in the region.
Read Moreby Angela Denning | Feb 13, 2020 | Featured News, Local News, News, Syndicated | 0
This week, Alaska Native Civil Rights activist Elizabeth Peratrovich was the first Alaska Native to be minted on a U.S. coin. Peratrovich was Tlingit and her hometown of Petersburg is gearing up for a celebration this Sunday marking the 75th anniversary of her famous testimony to the Alaska Legislature.
Read Moreby Angela Denning | Sep 8, 2017 | Featured News, Local News, News, Syndicated | 0
Archaeology discoveries tell a different story about Petersburg’s Mitkof Island than the one commonly perpetuated. It was more than just a stop over fishing and hunting spot. Tlingit ancestors were on the island for thousands of years before Norwegian settlers called it home.
Read Moreby Nora Saks | Jul 28, 2017 | Featured News, Local News, News, Syndicated | 0
For many Alaskans, summertime is a time to put up food for the winter. That’s definitely the case in the Southeast Alaskan village of Kake. Gathering and preparing nature’s bounty is a key part of Kake’s annual Keex’ Kwaan Culture Camp, now in its 29th summer. It’s the longest running camp of its kind in Alaska.
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View Rainfall, Wind and Weather Conditions Along Mitkof Highway Hillside near 5.6 mile
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