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AROUND ALASKA: Ship-Free, Road Damage, and Cruiser Calendar!
Voters in Juneau could get to decide whether Saturdays should be "ship-free." KTOO reports a petition to ban large cruise ships on Saturdays and the Fourth of July now has enough signatures to be on the ballot in October. Supporters of the effort say this would limit the number of cruise ship passengers that visit Juneau each season. The Juneau Assembly has until August 15 to take its own action on the issue.
Tongass Voices: Sakoon Donedin Jackson on re-indigenizing her life
This is Tongass Voices, a series from KTOO sharing weekly perspectives from the homelands of the Áak’w Kwáan and beyond. Sakoon Donedin Jackson is a Chilkat weaver from Alberta, Canada who began her practice during the COVID-19 pandemic when she took classes online with Juneau’s Lily Hope. Now, Jackson is the featured resident artist at Wooshkindein Da.áat Lily Hope Weaver studio, where she has been working on a woolen button robe and teaching weaving classes for the first time.
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