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Tongass Voices: George Gress, Joseph Galgano and Bryan Bolaños on musical...
George Gress and Joe Galgano play their handmade guitars together in Gress’s workshop on April 6, 2024. (Tasha Elizarde/KTOO). This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives...
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Tongass Voices: Kushx̱eet.éesh/Kaasgéiy Bowers on walking the path to identity
Kushx̱eet.éesh/Kaasgéiy Bowers peeks under leaves for thimbleberries near Basin Road on August 23, 2024. (Photo by Tasha Elizarde/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly...
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Tongass Voices: NAMI Juneau’s Aaron Surma on how to combat the winter blues
NAMI Juneau’s Aaron Surma. September 5, 2024. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond....
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Tongass Voices: Wayne Price on the past — and future — of yaakw carving
Master Carver Wayne Price and his apprentice Skaydu.û Jules stand in front of a yaakw-in-progress on Nov. 6, 2024. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing...
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Tongass Voices: Skaydu.û Jules on bringing Lingít into other traditional...
Skaydu.û Jules uses an adze to carve out the inside of a dugout canoe — or yaakw — as her mentor, Master Carver Wayne Price, watches on Nov. 6, 2024. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO). This is Tongass...
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Tongass Voices: Moria Johnson-Sidney on the stabilizing force of carving a yaakw
Moria Johnson-Sidney uses an adze to carve out the inside of a dugout canoe — or yaakw — on Nov. 6, 2024. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO). This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly...
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Tongass Voices: Dak júus Rob Yates on teaching and learning the Haida language
Dak júus Rob Yates teaches X̱aad Kíl, the language of the Haida people. Courtesy of Dak júus Rob Yates This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of...
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Tongass Voices: Dr. Paul Weiden on 20 years of cancer care in Southeast Alaska
Oncologist Dr. Paul Weiden in his office in Juneau on Nov. 18, 2024. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO). This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of the...
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Tongass Voices: Gigi Monroe on watching Juneau Drag grow up
Juneau Drag motherGigi Monroe on the main stage of the Southeast Alaska State Fair in Haines on July 28, 2023 for the performance group’s debut show at the fair. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) This is...
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Tongass Voices: Juneau Animal Rescue on the joy of compiling the Alaska Pets...
Juneau Animal Rescue Executive Director Rick Driscoll and Board Member Amber Hawke pose with the 2025 Alaska Pets Calendar on Dec. 18, 2024. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO). This is Tongass Voices, a...
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Tongass Voices: Juneau actor Roblin Gray Davis on clowning around
Roblin Gray Davis (right) clowning around with his brother W. Scott Davis. (Photo courtesy of Roblin Gray Davis) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the...
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Tongass Voices: Librarian Melinda Sandkam on engaging all ages with Douglas...
Librarian Melinda Sandkam in front of the I Spy display at Douglas Library on Dec. 13, 2024. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO). This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from...
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Tongass Voices: Rich Mattson on uncovering stories from the pages of Juneau’s...
Rich Mattson, a researcher for Gastineau Channel Historical Society, looking through old newspapers at the Alaska State Archives on Jan. 21, 2025. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO). This is Tongass...
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Tongass Voices: Marian Call and Lisa Puananimōhala’ikalani Denny on bringing...
Marian Call and Lisa Puananimōhala’ikalani Denny are organizing the Juneau meeting of the Alaska Music Summit. Pictured in the KTOO studio on Jan. 24, 2025. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) This is...
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Tongass Voices: Tamara Wilson on her museum installation and the slinkies...
Tamara Wilson sets up her exhibit “Slinkies and the Window Frame” at the Alaska State Museum on Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO). This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly...
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Tongass Voices: Southeast Alaska shipwreck researchers on setting the record...
Maritime Archeologist Jenya Anichtchenko presents her teamʼs research on the Star of Bengal at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Feb. 7, 2025. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices,...
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Tongass Voices: Frank Henry Kaash Katasse on navigating the irony of theater
Frank Henry Kaash Katasse tells a story of Raven bringing the sun, stars and moon to humanity during a ceremony celebrating the release of Rico Lanáat’ Worl’s new postage stamp “Raven Story,” on...
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Tongass Voices: Portland-based organ experts on the future of Juneau’s nearly...
Chris Nordwall examines the Kimball theater organ at the state office building in Juneau on Thursday, March 6, 2025. (photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly...
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Tongass Voices: Betsy Longenbaugh and Ed Schoenfeld on the skeletons in...
Ed Schoenfeld and Betsy Longenbaugh research old true crime stories in Southeast Alaska together at the Alaska State Archives on March 7, 2025. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a...
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Tongass Voices: Music producer Justin Smith on making Alaska music that’s...
Justin Smith is an independent music producer in Gustavus who has produced albums for Alaska artists like Annie Bartholomew, Blackwater Railroad Company and Josh Fortenbery. Pictured in the KTOO studio...
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