Sealaska Heritage Institute President Kaaháni Rosita Worl was one of 10 Americans to receive the 2023 National Humanities Medal from President Joe Biden Monday afternoon.
Yvonne Krumrey
Local News Reporter, KTOO
Lingít Word of the Week: Séew — Rain
This week’s word is séew, or rain.
Lingít Word of the Week: Cháatl — Halibut
This week’s word is cháatl, or halibut.
Lingít Word of the Week: Aasgutú — Forest
This week’s word is aasgutú, or forest.
Lingít Word of the Week: Keitl — Dog
This week’s word is keitl, or dog.
Tongass Voices: Enrique Bravo on being the everyman of Juneau’s theater scene
Bravo plays the titular role in Theater Alaska’s “Henry V,” opening Friday at the Juneau Makerspace. It runs until Oct. 20 at multiple locations throughout Juneau.
Lingít Word of the Week: Ch’áak’ — Eagle
This week’s word is cháak’, or eagle.
Tongass Voices: Mitch Erie on what it takes to be a firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service
There are 17 open firefighter positions in Moose Pass and Anchorage in the Chugach National Forest and in Juneau in the Tongass National Forest.
Lingít Word of the Week: Yéil — Raven
This week’s word is yéil, or raven.
Young people in Juneau gather to protest Dunleavy’s ‘incomprehensible’ contraceptive expansion veto
Dozens gathered on the sidewalk across from the Alaska State Capitol building Wednesday holding pink and cardboard signs saying, “healthcare is a right, not a privilege” and “reproductive freedom by any means necessary.” And about half the group were teenagers who canʼt vote yet.