Southeast Native Radio aired for just 16 years, but its voices will live on in a new digital archive
Hundreds of hours of audio from an unlikely historical source are now archived on the internet, and available for anyone to listen to.
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Tag: Gil Truitt
Honoring Gil Truitt, lifelong Mt. Edgecumbe Brave and caretaker of local history
Mt. Edgecumbe High School celebrated Gil Truitt Day on Tuesday and honored the Tlingit elder and local historian with a plaque dedication and tribute. The holiday has been part of the school’s Founders Week celebrations for two years, but it’s particularly poignant this year, the first since the death of the former teacher and administrator last July.
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Gil Truitt, Tlingit elder and revered school administrator, dead at 93
Truitt was a member of Mount Edgecumbe High School’s first graduating class and worked at the Sitka boarding school for more than thirty years before retiring in the early 90s. He continued to serve on the school’s advisory board after his retirement.
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Rasmuson Foundation awards $330,000 to revitalize mill building
The Sitka Sound Science Center is bustling with tourists, sampling Ludvigs chowder and picking up souvenirs. But this time next year, the historic Mill Building may look quite different, thanks to a grant from the Rasmuson Foundation and, the Center hopes, some matching local funds.
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Coach, teacher, ally among eight honored for achievements
Gil Truitt spent more than three decades teaching, coaching and leading teens. Now, he's received the highest form of recognition given by the state’s largest tribal government.
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