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Tongass Voices: Marilyn Lumba on making Juneau Pioneer Home residents feel at...
Marilyn Lumba poses for a portrait at the Pioneer’s Home in August 2023. (Photo by Tasha Elizarde/KTOO) This is the first installment of Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives...
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Tongass Voices: Anna Mahanor on what it means to be a Rain Dog
Anna Mahanor playing on stage at the Crystal Saloon in Juneau on June 30, 2023. (Photo by Ḵaa Yahaayí Shkalneegi Muriel Reid) This is the second installment of Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO...
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Tongass Voices: Miko Montoya and Grayson Rebustes on building Juneau’s rap scene
Miko Montoya, aka OKIMS, and Grayson Rebustes, aka WordPlay the Flyest, pose outside the Alaskan Bar after a show on Jan. 27, 2024. (Photo by Tasha Elizarde/KTOO) This is the third installment of...
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Tongass Voices: T McInnis on how they make Tyquan’s memorable drag outfits
T McInnis — the person behind drag king Tyquan — with their shelf in the Juneau Drag closet on Feb. 10, 2024. (Tasha Elizarde/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly...
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Tongass Voices: Axel Brouillette-Gillam on the nostalgia that drives Cosmik...
Axel Brouillette-Gillam sits at his embroidery desk in his shop, Cosmik Debriz, on Feb. 14, 2024. He is learning how to use a 1920s model of a chain stitch machine to create clothing inspired by Juneau...
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Tongass Voices: Jocelyn Clark dedicates her life to studying Korean folk music
Jocelyn Clark was born in Juneau, but now lives in Korea, and plays the gayageum, a Korean folk instrument. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly...
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Tongass Voices: Nimmy Philips and Enrique Cabrera on what makes a restaurant...
Owner Nimmy Philips and chef Ruth Fisher in Spice Restaurant and Cafe. Photo by Tasha Elizarde/KTOO. Feb. 21, 2024. This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the...
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Tongass Voices: Father-daughter production duo Joshua and Harmony Laboca bond...
Joshua and Harmony Laboca pose in their home studio in February 2024. (Tasha Elizarde/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan...
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Tongass Voices: Shiggoap Alfie Price on the challenges and rewards of...
Shiggoap Alfie Price is a student of three Southeast Alaska Native languages and leads Sm’algyax classes online. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly...
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Tongass Voices: Juneau Hostel’s Khrystl Brouillette-Gillam and Joey Scoggins...
Khrystl Brouillette-Gillam and Joey Scoggins outside the Juneau Hostel in March 2024. (Tasha Elizarde/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of...
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Tongass Voices: Jeremy Kane on the philosophy of bowl-making
University of Alaska Southeast ceramics professor Jeremy Kane demonstrating bowl-making for his intermediate class. (Tasha Elizarde/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly...
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Tongass Voices: Holly Huber on what it takes to be Miss Alaska Volunteer
Miss Alaska Volunteer Holly Huber in the KTOO studio. March 3, 2024. Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO. This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w...
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Tongass Voices: Malin Babcock on a life intertwined with Juneau history
Malin Babcock, 84, poses outside of KTOO in February, 2024. (Photo by Anna Canny/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and...
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Tongass Voices: Haa Tooch Lichéesh Coalition members find inner strength...
People dipping with Haa Tooch Lichéesh Coalition at Auke Recreation Area on March 24, 2024. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from...
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Tongass Voices: Rebecca Hsieh on intertwining community and art with Head in...
Rebecca Hsieh from ReccaShay Studios sits in her corner of the Heads in the Clouds Collective studio in March 2024. This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the...
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Tongass Voices: Kanik Corinne James on being uplifted by Indigenous women in...
Formline artist Kanik Corinne James at KTOO on May 12, 2024. (Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and...
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Tongass Voices: Seth Williams on what it takes to be a karaoke host
Rouel Dela Cruz performing karaoke at the Alaskan on May 22, 2024. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w...
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Tongass Voices: Dave Hanson on the cosmos of Marie Drake Planetarium
Dave Hanson photographs the starry, auroral night sky at False Outer Point on Douglas Island in December 2017. (Photo provided by Dave Hanson) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly...
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Tongass Voices: Nick Alan Foote on coming home for Celebration
G̱at X̱wéech Nick Alan Foote, whose art was chosen to represent Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Celebration 2024, wears a sweater with his piece “Sacred Embrace” at Village Street in Juneau on June 6,...
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Tongass Voices: The Evening Star on creating spaces for queer Indigenous people
The Evening Star performs at the Crystal Saloon in Juneau on June 11, 2024. (Ḵaachgóon Rochelle Smallwood/Raven’s Tail Studio) This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives...
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