This week’s word is aasgutú, or forest.
Arts & Culture
Tongass Voices: George Gress, Joseph Galgano and Bryan Bolaños on musical craftsmanship
On Saturdays in George Gress’s workshop, guitar enthusiasts bond over wood flames and handmade instruments.
40-year-old totem pole finds new home at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center
For decades, the kootéeyaa lived inside the U.S. Forest Service office in Juneau. But on Saturday it was rededicated to its new home inside the visitor center.
Lingít Word of the Week: Keitl — Dog
This week’s word is keitl, or dog.
US Navy apologizes for burning and bombarding the village of Kake in 1869
U.S. Navy representatives visited Kake over the weekend to formally apologize for the winter attack, which left many people to starve or die of exposure after the village was destroyed.
Quakers return cultural artifacts to Kake at annual Dog Salmon Festival
The visit to the remote Southeast Alaska village was part of an ongoing effort to apologize for the religious group’s participation in the forced assimilation of the Tlingit people.
Lingít Word of the Week: Ch’áak’ — Eagle
This week’s word is cháak’, or eagle.
U.S. Navy plans apologies to Southeast Alaska villages for century-old attacks
Navy officials say apologies in Kake and Angoon are both “long overdue” and “the right thing to do”.
Lingít Word of the Week: Yéil — Raven
This week’s word is yéil, or raven.
Sitka tourism documentary ‘Cruise Boom’ to debut on PBS
A documentary examining the impact of cruise tourism’s explosive growth in Sitka will debut this weekend on national television.