Albert Kookesh Archives

Angoon legislator, community leader Albert Kookesh dies at 72

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 28, 2021 | Local News, Syndicated

Former state Sen. Albert Kookesh has died. The Angoon Democrat served his community in the Alaska Legislature for 14 years. He was 72 year old. At its maximum, Kookesh's "Iceworm District" stretched from Metlakatla to the Bering Sea. Read More

One-of-a-kind photo collection documents life in Angoon

by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | Sep 15, 2020 | Local News, Syndicated

Cyril George was a leader in the Beaver Clan of Angoon and was known for his contributions to local and regional politics. He was also known by those he was closest to as a photographer. When he died six years ago at the age of 92, he left behind a vast photo collection that is thought to be the largest ever made by someone who was Tlingit. George’s family recently donated those photos with the goal of making them available to the public. Read More

Former senator, longtime Native leader Kookesh fighting cancer

by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News | Aug 24, 2017 | Local News, Syndicated

A longtime Alaska political and business leader is fighting prostate cancer. Former Sen.Albert Kookesh of Angoon spent 16 years in the Alaska Legislature and 14 years heading up Sealaska’s governing board. Read More

Stedman, nine others, face no election challenges

by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News | Jul 8, 2016 | Local News, Southeast News Old, Syndicated

A fifth of Alaska legislators running this year face no opposition. One is Sitka Sen. Bert Stedman, who faces no contest – for the second time. Read More

Former Sen. Kookesh takes subsistence violation to state’s high court

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Mar 24, 2015 | Local News, Syndicated

ADF&G's authority to set subsistence bag limits is being tested in the Alaska Supreme Court. Justices this month heard oral arguments by former state Sen. Albert Kookesh and three friends cited in 2009 for overfishing their subsistence permits. Read More