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In a Sitka camp, students explore a powerful new strategy to protect nature, and preserve culture

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Apr 5, 2023 | Local News, Syndicated

What if nature had the same legal standing as individuals to sue for damages when it's been harmed? This simple, powerful idea has already been embraced by some tribal governments in the US. A group of students came to Sitka for a week this spring to learn more about the Rights of Nature. Read More

Sitka’s Blessing of Herring Rock warms hearts on a cold day in spring

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Mar 17, 2022 | Local News, Syndicated

The Herring Rock Blessing is a celebration of herring as they arrive in Sitka Sound to spawn, and an invocation of the renewal of life that comes each spring. Read More

Film screening connects Standing Rock to Herring Rock

by KCAW News | Jan 4, 2018 | The Morning Interview

Two films about resource extraction and the implications of colonialism will be screened in Sitka on Wednesday, January 10 at the Sheet'ka Kwaan Kaa Kahidi. Filmmaker Ellie Schmidt and organizer Alaire Hughey discuss. Read More

Honoring the man who saved Herring Rock

by Emily Kwong, KCAW | Apr 3, 2015 | Local News

To mark the beginning of the herring egg harvest, members of the Kiks.adi clan gathered on March 22, 2015 to bless Herring Rock. Amid the prayers for safe harvest, the blessing this year was less about the rock and more about the man who fought for it's survival. KCAW's Emily Kwong was at the ceremony and sent this audio postcard. Read More