Alaska news

• ‘Assimilation’ playwright flips the script on Native history

  12-10-2015 22:04
  
  “Assimilation” playwright Jack Dalton and actor Tendal Mann. (Photo by Annie Bartholomew/KTOO)
  In a dystopian future, Western civilization has crumbled and indigenous people are in control. That’s the premise of Jack Dalton’s play “Assimilation,” now touring Alaska. It flips the history of boarding schools with whites violently assimilated into Native culture.
  A tyrannical character know as Elder pinches a student by the ear and leads him to his desk.
  “W
  
  Read more

• Live From Lincoln Center – Show Boat

  12-10-2015 22:00
  All aboard opening night of the New York Philharmonic’s production of Kern & Hammerstein’s Show Boat! Emmy-nominated funny man Fred Willard portrays Cap’n Andy, overseer of the titular show boat, the Cotton Blossom. (Photo Courtesy of Courtesy of Chris Lee)
  This groundbreaking musical redefined entertainment and changed the face of American theater. Spanning the years from 1880 to 1927, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s lyrical masterpiece SHOW BOAT concerns
  
  Read more

• Annabel Langbein’s Free Range Cook showcases simple, healthy meals

  12-10-2015 22:00
  
  Annabel Langbein visits actor Sam Neill’s Two Paddocks vineyard to harvest saffron and pick heritage pears, then invites him and his team to her cabin to try her modern take on classic Italian osso bucco and saffron risotto.
  In this inspiring new lifestyle series – THE FREE RANGE COOK – from New Zealand, celebrity cook, food writer and author Annabel Langbein invites viewers to her idyllic lakeside cabin on the scenic shores of Lake Wanaka, where she creates simple, healthy and
  
  Read more

• October 21, 2015: Community Advisory Council

  12-10-2015 21:47
  
  Alaska Public Media’s Community Advisory Council meets Wednesday, October 21 at the Elmo Sackett Broadcast Center located at 3877 University Drive. The meeting starts at noon. The public is invited.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Alaska first state to declare Indigenous Peoples Day

  12-10-2015 21:47
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker signed a proclamation, declaring the second Monday of October “Indigenous People’s Day.” (Photo by Anne Hillman, KSKA – Anchorage)
  Alaska is now the first state to recognize the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day instead of Columbus Day. Governor Bill Walker signed the proclamation this morning and First Alaskans President Liz Medicine Crow made the announcement at the Elders and Youth Conference.
  “Well moments ago,” she
  
  Read more

• Governor declares today Indigenous Peoples' Day in Alaska - KTUU.com

  12-10-2015 21:34
  Indian Country Today Media Network
  Governor declares today Indigenous Peoples' Day in Alaska
  KTUU.com
  Gov. Bill Walker has signed an executive proclamation declaring today as Indigenous Peoples' Day in Alaska. The announcement comes as growing number of cities and schools shift away from Columbus Day celebrations.
  Alaska Is First State to Rename Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' DayIndian Country Today Media Network
  Alaska first state to declare Indigenous Peoples DayAlaska Public Radio Netwo
  

• Hooper Bay loses fourth young adult; Troopers believe deaths were from suicide

  12-10-2015 20:02
  Hooper Bay. (Photo via Travis S./Flickr)
  The village of Hooper Bay has suffered another loss. A fourth person has died by suicide.
  Alaska State Troopers received a call that 21-year-old Carl Dominic Robert Joe had died from an apparent suicide Saturday afternoon, according to the online trooper dispatch.
  Joe’s death comes less than a week after three other young adults have died.
  In late September, 26-year-old Noel Tall died from suicide. Less than a week later, 24-year
  
  Read more

• Elders & Youth Conference kicks off in Anchorage

  12-10-2015 18:00
  The 32nd annual Elders and Youth conference begins today in Anchorage.
  Hundreds of Alaska Natives, young and old, will meet over the next two-and-a-half days to learn about and discuss a diverse set of issues. This year’s theme is “Not in our smokehouse!”
  Today attendees will elect members to the Statewide Elders and Youth Council, participate in regional dialogue sessions and discuss Native languages and conference resolutions.
  This year’s elder keynote speaker is Gregor
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Crashes with moose kill 2 people over 2 days in Anchorage

  12-10-2015 17:54
  Authorities say two people have been killed in crashes with moose in Anchorage this weekend.
  Police spokeswoman Jennifer Castro says in news releases that 45-year-old driver Gerardo Lopez Rios died early Saturday and 38-year-old motorcyclist Justin Jones died early Sunday, both after striking one of the animals.
  On Saturday, police and fire officials arrived to find a moose lying in the road and Rios’ Subaru sedan in a ditch. Police say the injured moose was euthanized. No one else was in
  
  Read more

• Remains of child found in burned Tununak home

  12-10-2015 17:50
  Authorities say the remains of a small child have been recovered from a home that burned down in the western Alaska village of Tununak.
  KTUU-TV reports that troopers had responded to the fire early Friday, and they initially reported that a young child had been unaccounted for.
  The remains that were found in the destroyed home are being sent in for an autopsy and an identification of the child.
  Details about what caused the fire have yet to be released.
  Investigations in the case are ongoing.
  
  Read more

Follow @News_Alaska on Twitter!