Dionne Brady-Howard Archives

Sitka Tribe says sockeye fishing at Redoubt will remain unchanged under Sealaska ownership

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 14, 2025 | Featured News, Syndicated

The Sitka Tribe plans to formalize an arrangement with Sealaska this summer, for management of the corporation’s lands in a popular subsistence fishing area. Redoubt sockeye – and urban bears – were two of the major topics at the semi-annual meeting of the Sitka Tribal Council and the Sitka Assembly this week (5-13-25). Read More

Honoring Gil Truitt, lifelong Mt. Edgecumbe Brave and caretaker of local history

by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | Feb 23, 2021 | Local News, Syndicated

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. Read More

Changing the name of Sitka’s Baranof Elementary is easy; choosing the name will be hard

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Jan 12, 2021 | Local News, Syndicated

Sitka’s Baranof Elementary School appears likely to have its name changed -- but what that new name will be, no one is quite sure yet. The Sitka School Board recently decided to send the question of the name change to the Sitka Tribe, in hopes of identifying a “significant local cultural educator.” Read More

2020: The year we came together, living distantly

by Katherine Rose and Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Dec 31, 2020 | Local News

While solving the Jessica Baggen cold-case was the biggest news in Sitka in 2020, we answered plenty of other questions: How to live together in uncertain times, how to educate our children, and how to adapt and move forward. Read More