June 29, 2020: (34) Outer Coast is offers the first of it’s FREE Tlingit Language Massive Open Online Course!
Tlingit Language At Outer Coast
Sentinel Covers BLM Protest
June 16, 2020: (33) The Sitka Sentinel published a front page article about the continued daily roundabout protests, giving the participants a voice.
Persist!
29. A small token of encouragement was left in the roundabout. The peaceful protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement have been happening every week. The are currently on Saturday noon -1. 2020
Mourning the Herring
January 23, 2020: (4) The Herring Mourning Ceremony was held at the State of Alaska courthouse and the story ends up on the front page of the Juneau Empire.
Taking the target out of the City Seal
January 2020: The City Assembly unanimously voted to get a new city seal. The existing seal was created In 1971 and feature a cannon that is pointed at the location of the Tlingit fort that was actually shelled by
Thanks AC Lakeside!
June 2020: (30) AC Lakeside grocery store is posting pandemic information in Tagalog, Tlingit and English. Colonized communities feature one language and one strategy – assimilate. We thank you, Lakeside for your effort to change this!
Cultural Offerings for Daycare Centers
August 2020: The Sitka Tribe of Alaska started offering cultural classes and resources to local daycare centers.
Juneteenth Commemorated
June 19, 2020: (35) Around 200 Sitkans cross the Harbor Drive and Lincoln Street intersection as part of a commemoration of the day that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, were informed that the Civil War had ended and that they
BLM Protest and History – A Letter
June 15 2020: (32) A Letter to the Editor from Kari Johnson, in support of protestors and providing historical context for Black Lives Matter protests. Click here to read the letter.
Support for Black Lives Matter – A Letter
June 1st 2020: (20) Letter to the Editor from Callie Simmons, supporting Black Lives Matter. “The Black Lives Matter movement is not suggesting that black lives should be valued above others, but rather that black lives are undervalued and often