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Photo: Winter mohawk

The Windfall Fisherman bronze bear by R.T. "Skip" Wallen sports a winter mohawk of fresh snow downtown on Friday.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-01-14/winter-mohawk
Local
JDHS defeats KayHi 75-49 Friday

A wild student section of painted chests and red mohawks gave the Bears a visible boost to start the year's final home series Friday at Juneau-Douglas High School. Four seniors combined...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030109/spo_399877615.shtml
Alaskans attend ceremony for Native American saint

...21, it happened.Kateri Tekakwitha, a pious 17th-century Mohawk and Algonquin woman who has long been an emblem for Native American...Tekakwitha was born in upstate New York in the 1600s to a Mohawk father and Algonquin mother. She was known for her devotion...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2012-11-04/alaskans-attend-ceremony-native-ame
Neighbors
Hostility toward recent immigrants a long American tradition

...ancestors' earlier time of disembarkation, and maybe the place from where those ancestors initially departed. Unless you're Mohawk or Mohican, Wampanoag or Wenatchi, you're not really "from here."That being the case, why is there so much consternation...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-07-16/hostility-toward-recent-immigrants-lo
Opinion
Laid-off Ketchikan Pulp Co. workers try training for new employment

...the Art Institute of Seattle. ``When I first got there, I thought it was like Halloween every day, the kids with their mohawks and colored hair,'' said 41-year-old Wolon, who was old enough to be their father. For Wolon, the KPC closure turned...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/112199/Loc_transition.html
Local
Saving without shaving

...sixth-graders and one student from the seventh-eighth grade group also let staff shave off their hair - into a sporting Mohawk. Of course, these students had permission slips signed from parents.Another fun twist to the fund-raising efforts were...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-12-05/saving-without-shaving
Local
Flash Dance

...Willems describes himself as "the last guy you'd expect to see on the dance floor."He's tall, sometimes sports a mohawk and wears black, plastic framed glasses. He started swing dancing around five years ago, when his brother and a friend dragged...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2012-02-05/flash-dance
Neighbors
Charitable kindness mixes with brute force at the fights

...middleweight newcomer Ryan Lynch, 21, in a close bout with boxers trading multiple shots to the head. Lynch, with a spiked Mohawk hairdo, donated his prize earnings to the Red Cross of Alaska. Lynch might be glad he donated the money to the Red Cross...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/042207/spo_20070422026.shtml
Sports
Police: Beware of purse snatchers downtown

...Street. Police received multiple reports of a female victim being pushed down by a man, between 20-30 years old, with a Mohawk hair cut and wearing dark clothing. The man fled on foot and police were not able to locate the suspect or victim. Police...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/050610/loc_634761062.shtml
News
Eaglecrest promotes 'Learn-A-Snow Sport Month' for January

...year's spokesman is Glen Plake, a long-time alpine enthusiast and colorful character perhaps best known for his always-there mohawk and extreme antics. And while Clough said the ski area already has many instructional programs in place, there's a few special...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010110/out_541797741.shtml

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