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    Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire
Elizabeth Kaaxgal.aat Peratrovich’s legacy is strong in Juneau, where a recently finished mural and renamed plaza help honor the memory of the civil rights activist.
    Organizations unite to celebrate legacy of Elizabeth Peratrovich
    By Michael S. Lockett • February 23, 2022 2:30 am

    Juneau recently named a plaza in her honor.

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    Signatures for a ballot initiative to have the State of Alaska recognize the 229 federally-recognized tribal governments were submitted to Division of Elections offices in Anchorage Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. The campaign was able to collect 56,230 signatures - well over the minimum requirement - meaning Alaskan voters will likely see the initiative on the November ballot. (Courtesy photo / Alaskans for Better Government)
    Campaigners submit over 56,000 signatures for tribal recognition...
    By Peter Segall • January 19, 2022 2:30 am

    State has 60 days to reply.

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    The Wrangell Institute was one of many residential schools in Alaska dedicated to involuntarily teaching the Indigenous people of the state European ways of living, forcibly breaking them from their own Alaska Native cultures. (Courtesy photo / National Park Service)
    Churches respond to revelations about residential schools
    By Michael S. Lockett • November 24, 2021 6:30 am

    That acknowledgement is taking a number of forms, varying by institution.

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    Tlingit master carver Wayne Price, left, and students from Angoon High School wheel a dugout canoe down to the Angoon waterfront on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, for a ceremony commemorating the bombardment of the village by the U.S. Navy in 1882. Dugout canoes were specifically targeted by the navy for destruction, and Price said crafting a new one was a way of healing from the past. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    Remembering and rebuilding: Angoon residents commemorate 139 years...
    By Peter Segall • November 3, 2021 5:30 am

    ‘We’re still here.”

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    Anthony Mallott, president  and CEO of Sealaska Corporation reflected on the 50th Anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act during the Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce weekly lunch on Thursday. (Courtesy Photo/Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce)
    Mallott looks back — and forward — 50...
    By Dana Zigmund • October 27, 2021 2:30 am

    Native corporates are big business in Alaska

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    This map from the U.S. Cencsus Bureau highlighting Alaska's indigenous populations. A ballot initiative to have the State of Alaska formally recognize the state's already federally recognized tribes took a step forward Monday, when it was certified by the Division of Elections. (Courtesy image/ Wikicommons)
    Tribal recognition initiative moves ahead
    By Peter Segall • October 13, 2021 2:30 am

    Mending divisions.

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    From left to right:Miakah Nix, Daniel Ashenfelter, Shawn Merry and Conrad Revey, members of the Keex' Kwaan Community Forest Partnership, one of the many existing programs set to benefit from the trust. The Keex'Kwaan Community Forest Partnership and the Hoonah Native Forest Partnership are collaborative land management programs and are helping to define what community land management can look like for Southeast Alaska. These partnerships help develop a local workforce for natural resource careers including through the Alaska Youth Stewards program which targets high school-aged Alaskans. Programs work with private, state, and federal land managers to ensure that local priorities, local employment, and Indigenous values are integrated into the treatment of local lands and waters. (Courtesy photo / Bethany Goodrich)
    New fund established for Indigenous-led development
    By Peter Segall • September 22, 2021 2:30 am

    Funding into the future.

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    Dana Zigmund / Capital City Weekly
Tlingit and Athabascan artist, designer and activist Crystal Kaakeeyaa Worl places a portion of what will become the 60-by 20-foot public mural depicting Elizabeth Kaaxgal.aat Peratrovich, a Tlingit civil rights icon, into place at Centennial Hall on Aug. 13. Once complete, the mural will appear on the currently blank south wall of the Marine Parking garage, the structure on which the downtown branch of Juneau’s public library sits.
    A mural comes to life
    By Dana Zigmund • August 25, 2021 2:30 am

    Team of artists assemble pieces

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    Sketches for a new 60 -by- 25-foot mural depicting Elizabeth Kaax̱gal.aat Peratrovich, a Tlingit civil rights activist who worked for equality for Alaska Natives in the 1940s, are laid out for sorting in the studio of Tlingit and Athabascan artist, designer, and activist Crystal Kaakeeyaa Worl. (Courtesy photo / Crystal Kaakeeyaa Worl)
    New mural to honor Alaskan civil rights leader
    By Dana Zigmund • August 11, 2021 2:30 am

    The 60-by-25-foot mural will greet visitors.

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    Veterans and active duty servicemembers carry the totem pole on July 24, 2021 as hundreds gathered in Hoonah for its raising. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)
    Hoonah honors veterans with totem pole, future memorial...
    By Michael S. Lockett • July 28, 2021 2:30 am

    From the Alaska Territorial Guard to today’s servicemembers, the Southeast has a legacy of service.

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