Aleutian sea kayak

Qawalangin Tribe hosts boat building workshops focusing on wellness

In this episode of “Island Interview,” Anfesia Tutiakoff, Marc Daniels and Mike Ferguson discuss two boat builds in Unalaska and upcoming programs.

A group of people, including Marc Daniels and Kanesia McGlashan-Price, are building a niĝilax̂.

Arts & Culture

‘It's opened up a lot of friendships’: Niĝilax̂ workshop focused on community as boat construction continues

Sofia Stuart-Rasi

A niĝilax̂-building workshop that started last month in Ferndale, California, is on track to finish a traditional Unangax̂ boat by the end of March.

Builders make their first cut into bow crook.

Arts & Culture

Niĝilax̂ workshop launches in California

Sofia Stuart-Rasi

Marc Daniels, who's been building and restoring traditional skin-on-frame sea kayaks for decades, is leading a niĝilax̂ build in Northern California, along with KUCB’s Kanesia McGlashan-Price who is apprenticing and documenting the process.

Arts & Culture

'We Are A Water People:' Unalaska Community Unites At Iqyax̂ Launch

Maggie Nelson

On Saturday, the community of Unalaska joined Shayla Shaishnikoff, Camp Qungaayux̂ coordinator for the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska, as she launched her…