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A cruise to Alaska on Disney Wonder isn't inexpensive, but it offers so much more for families.

The wind-powered traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe Hōkūle‘a and a crew of navigators will launch a 43,000-nautical mile Pacific voyage from Auke Bay near Juneau on Thursday. Polynesian Voyaging Society voyagers

From cultural emblems to kitsch souvenirs, it seems everyone takes a different view of this iconic Northwest art form. A Tyee interview.

KETCHIKAN (KDN) — The annual Alaska Hummingbird Festival is coming back to Ketchikan this month. The festival happens every April as a way to celebrate the return of the Rufus species of hummingbirds back into Ketchikan and the Tongass National Forest, according to information from the U.S. Forest Service. The 2021 Alaska Hummingbird Festival kicked off on Friday, and events are scheduled to run multiple times per week through the end of April, according to a press release and schedule of events from the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center. On Friday, the festival began with a shorebird wa...

Nathan Jackson's remarkable story continued this month with his selection as a 2021 United States Artists Fellow in traditional arts. The Chicago-based national arts funding association on Feb. 3 announced Jackson's inclusion in the 2021 class of 60 fellows from across the country who were chosen for their "bold artistic vision and significant impact," with each demonstrating "generosity and care toward field-building that continues to inspire and propel their discipline." Jackson, a world-renowned Tlingit master carver, designer and painter whose artistic endeavors stretch back to the late 1...