Alaska is a huge land mass that contains many different environments ranging from the frigid streams and tundra above the Arctic circle to the windy islands of the Aleutians to the mild rainy weather of southeast Alaska. Alaska consists of over...

The Tlingit (pronounced /ˈklɪŋkɪt/ in English, also /-gɪt/ or /ˈtlɪŋkɪt/, which is often considered inaccurate) are an Indigenous people of northwestern America. Their name for themselves is Lingít (IPA: [ɬɪŋkɪt]) , meaning "people". The...

Gov. Weld is considering taking $3.2 million in wages and supervision fees from parolees and prisoners on work release. The work release immates would give 45 percent of their earnings back to the state instead of the current 15 percent. Weld sources said...

Edited with Additions By Frederica De Laguna And A Biography By Jean Low. Seattle: University Of Washington Press 1992. xl + 488 pp. Maps, Illustrations, Tables, Bibliography, Index. $60.00 Cloth. In 1882 U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. George Thornton Emmons,...

Jake Waid rubbed his bloodshot eyes, blankly stared at a script for Shakespeare's "Macbeth," then resumed an unfamiliar struggle with a set of lines."Tleil tsu tlax yei l kusheek'eiyi ye yageeyi kwasatinch, ch'a aan yak'ei," he read slowly of what would normally be, "So foul...

Human remains estimated to be more than 10,000 years old that were found in a cave in the Tongass National Forest rightfully belong to the southeast Alaska Tlingit tribes, the federal government said.Now, 11 years after they were found during a U.S. Forest Service archaeological...