Sealaska Heritage Institute has launched three new apps that teach the Haida and Tsimshian languages, both considered to be endangered. Two apps teach vocabulary and phrases in Haida and Tsimshian while another teaches Native words for birds and ocean animals in an interactive environment.
Contractors involved in excavation are encouraged, and sometimes required, to work with archaeological experts to preserve cultural resources.
Bering Straits Native Corporation has grown as a company in large part because the leadership driving the company has grown and evolved. President and CEO Gail R. Schubert is an original BSNC shareholder, an Inupiaq Eskimo born and raised in Unalakleet.
Made more than 1,800 years ago, it’s the oldest known human footprint ever found in the North American sub-Arctic.
The field of architecture has been an integral part of the Alaska design and construction industry for decades.