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
Changing The Alaska Day Narrative
March 2020: Reconciliation Day advocates go to the Alaska Day Planning Committee meeting and begin face to face discussions about celebrating Oct. 18th in a new way that honors Native culture.
Solidarity in the Ferry Crisis 2020
Tlingit and Haida and others join in solidarity to support communities in need due to the ferry crisis. A town hall meeting was organized by the Sheet’ka’ Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANB/ANS) camps to discuss ferry system
The Eskimo Ninja Speaks To Sitka High Students
February 13, 2020: (9) Nick ‘Iligutchiak’ Hanson, aka The Eskimo Ninja, spoke to the entire Sitka High student body, sharing his positive message of overcoming adversity and loss.
White Supremacy Teach-In
February 3, 2020: The Sitka Decolonization group has its biggest meeting yet (21 people) and teach-in on the elements of White Supremacy Culture (maybe a first in Sitka’s history.)
Renaming Baranof Part 1 – Leaving Footprints
Renaming Baranof Elementary School is submitted to the school district’s Leave Your Footprint site. In a healthy community public places, spaces, and buildings are welcoming and inclusive for everyone. In the 1940s the Sitka School District decided that the name
Teens Celebrate Culture
2020: Youth Advocates of Sitka starts a new teen club to celebrate Native culture.