Native Americans

'We Are On Their Land:' Museum Of The Aleutians Recognizes Indigenous Peoples' Day

By • Oct 14, 2020
Chrissy Roes/KUCB

In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, which took place on Monday, admission to Unalaska's Museum of the Aleutians will be free to the public through Saturday. 

Museum Director Ginny Hatfield said the museum will also be celebrating the holiday through a social media campaign in an effort to decolonize the nation's history. Museum staff plan to use the campaign as a platform to speak with Indigenous people in the region, as well as Unangax̂ community members.

LISTEN: The Case of The Vanishing Seals (An Alaskan Island Mystery)

By John Ryan • Mar 29, 2016
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION - PACIFIC ALASKA REGION

For you impatient audiophiles, here's the audio/podcast of SEAL: The Case of The Vanishing Seals (An Alaskan Island Mystery), airing Mar. 28 - 31 on KUCB.

    

You can read the full story (and ogle more photos of the seals and the Pribilof Islands) at KUCB.org.

The Case of The Vanishing Seals: An Alaskan Island Mystery

By • Feb 29, 2016
KUCB/John Ryan photo

Chapter 1. An Amazing Disaster

From a viewing blind in the middle of a seal rookery on Alaska's remote Pribilof Islands, it can be hard to fathom this place once holding vastly more life than it does now.

Untold thousands of chubby brown bodies drape over boulders and sprawl across the tundra into the distance: northern fur seals. Their bleating, groaning and barking fill the cool, salty air.