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One special session of the state legislature ended on Friday and another began on Saturday, after a contentious fight over tax breaks for the Alaska LNG Project. Also in the KNBA News: The City of Anchorage is looking at property tax breaks for first time homebuyers.
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A Juneau artist created a magazine for Indigenous writers and creators to share their art and perspectives without having to reduce or simplify them to fit into the bounds of traditional media run by non-Native people. -
Last week, more than 60 artists showed up in Juneau to sell their jewelry at Celebration, a days-long event that uplifts the survival and persistence of Lingít, Haida and Ts’msyen cultures. Some attendees saved up for years to buy earrings for themselves and loved ones -
Over 100 years and miles later, the first traditional canoe from Petersburg completed its maiden voyage. After launching late last month, the pullers on kéet yaakw arrived in Juneau on June 2 just ahead of the biennial Celebration festival, and say the 10-day Journey was powerful in many ways. -
“Naakéedáx̱ Haa X̱oonx’í Yán”, which means “All of our friends from the North” in Lingít, is a comic book created by students, teachers, elders and an alumnus of the Tlingit Culture, Language and Literacy program in Juneau. -
The WWAMI medical school program that serves five western states, including Alaska, recently received a $25 million endowment for scholarships to increase the number of physicians in rural and Indigenous communities.
