Ed Schoenfeld, Coast Alaska, Author at KCAW

Shareholders re-elect Sealaska board incumbents

The management slate won this year’s Sealaska board election. Three incumbents and a newcomer who ran with them beat out eight independent candidates.

Shareholders consider shrinking Sealaska board

Should Southeast’s regional Native corporation shrink its governing board? That’s a question before Sealaska shareholders. Management opposes the change.

No budget? Ferry cuts would hit communities hard

State ferry service would be severely reduced if the Legislature fails to pass a budget in time to avoid a July 1 government shutdown. Here’s what that would mean for one small, isolated city.

Arts council funding maintained, restructuring OK’d

The federal budget deal cut by Congress includes some good news for arts in Alaska.

Plan would boost Alaska’s Northwest Coast art

A Southeast cultural organization plans to create a Native arts park in Juneau. It's part of an initiative to boost the region’s traditional arts economy.

Tlingit Yukon cowboy shares love of old country songs

Art Johns has been playing at the Alaska Folk Festival since 1995. But his musical roots go way back, almost 80 years, to mail-order records and a hand-crank phonograph machine.

Southeast tribal court builds on its experience

The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s tribal court just celebrated its 10th anniversary. It's adding programs for its next decade.

Longtime Sealaska leader Rosita Worl to leave board

Rosita Worl has spent 30 years on the Sealaska regional Native corporation’s board of directors. Now, she's stepping down, though she'll continue as president of its cultural institute.