By Mike Dunham
Anchorage, Alaska (AP)
For Anna Brown Ehlers, the Chilkat blanket isn’t just art – it’s a lifelong passion. She recalled seeing her uncle, Roy Brown, wear one in a Fourth of July parade when she was 4 years old. “
The movement of the totemic designs and fringe of the blanket intrigued me at first sight,” she said. “I knew then that I wanted to spend my life making Chilkat blankets.”
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By Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis, Minnesota (AP)
When the I-35W bridge collapsed, the Rev. Peg Chemberlin knew what she had to do as executive director of the Minnesota Council of Churches. Working the phones at fast as she could punch in the numbers, she organized an interfaith prayer...12-26-2007, 11:59 AM -
By Craig Giammona
Sitka, Alaska (AP)
Mary Miller, who recently was removed as superintendent of Sitka National Historical Park, said in a statement that she will not accept a Native liaison position in the National Park Service’s Anchorage office.
“Despite this...06-01-2010, 02:35 PM -
...A Story of a Cemetery Escort DutyA Story of a Cemetery Escort Duty, sent to me by a Vietnam Vet friend: "Hawkeye" (Bravo Co, 1/5 Marines, 67-68).
I just wanted to get the day over with and go down to Smokey's for a few cold ones. Sneaking a look at my watch, I saw05-24-2008, 04:54 AM -
Native Alaskan snowboarder full of Olympic pride | NBC Olympics
Native Alaskan snowboarder full of Olympic pride
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VANCOUVER (AP) -- Callan Chythlook-Sifsof grew up in the part of Alaska known as "The Bush" and spent...02-16-2010, 03:51 PM -
Kby Naomi Klouda
Homer, Alaska (AP)
Irene Tanape recalls speaking only Segtestun while she was growing up in Nanwalek. In fact, once when she approached a young English-speaking child to play, she didn't know anything to say in English other than, “Johnson and Johnson?”...08-19-2008, 12:00 PM