Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hometown: I am Tlingit Indian from Southeast Alaska. I belong to the Dakl'aweidi Clan (killer whale). I was born and raised in ...

Clunk-clunk, clunk-clunk. A mallet pummels a chisel into wood. Then comes the dry rasp of a curved knife scraping the surface. Israel Shotridge stares at the bug-eyed socket he's just shaped into a ...

EVERETT — A piece of Everett some 650 years in the making will soon make its way to Alaska. In January, local Tlingit artist Fred Fulmer began carving an 11-foot, 400-pound totem pole at his north ...

Growing up in Juneau, Alaska, Tlingit artist James Johnson uses his art as a means to connect with his cultural heritage, while combating the effects of colonization. As a self-taught artist, he is ...