A professor-turned-historian, a mother-and-son duo, a former Alaska Native games athlete and coach, and the handler of a locally famous therapy dog were among more than a dozen Indigenous authors at ...

Outside Holger Jorgensen’s wood-paneled house near Fairbanks, Alaska, it was at least 20 degrees below zero, but inside was warm in both temperature and conversation. Jorgy, as he was known, sat in ...

Alaska’s Natives played significant roles in World War II, in the United States military and in protecting Alaska during and after attacks by Japanese forces. Additionally, residents of the Aleutian ...

November is Native American Heritage Month, a time dedicated to recognizing the profound cultural contributions, legacies and traditions of Indigenous peoples to our society. This month provides an ...

The mother and small business owner had searched online and in stores near her home in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, but she could not find any books to teach her young children the Yup’ik language.

Holly Miowak Guise chose to title her book “Alaska Native Resilience,” because, she said, it perfectly captured the story she wanted to tell about the ways Alaska Natives experienced World War II, how ...

Audri Ia holds up the books she received at a book drop on May 15, 2025. Thousands of new books, many by Indigenous writers, are landing in the hands of kids across Southeast Alaska this month. A ...

Time for the annual look back at the year in writing, and for me as a reviewer, 2023 goes down as the year of the Alaska Native woman novelist, three of whom gave us books worthy of note. Lily ...

Alaska is a wilderness many people dream of visiting. But if you can’t plan a trip to Alaska any time soon, these books about Alaska will take you there. Our list has everything from fiction about ...

The mother and small business owner had searched online and in stores near her home in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, but she could not find any books to teach her young children the Yup’ik language.

A public agency has tapped Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) to produce the state’s first-ever Alaska Native language reading standards, and the institute is inviting language educators and speakers, ...