...Hutchinson, Jennifer Stoutamore and Shannon Atkinson; with the Goldbelt Heritage Foundation: Kate Jensen and guests Rosa Miller, Lee Miller and Fred White; and with the University of Alaska Southeast: Frank Coenraad.Topaz Shyrock, TMHS Marine...
...remarks from the elders of the Aak'w people. Marie Olson spoke as elder of the Aak'w Kwaan Eagle Shark people, and Rosa Miller spoke as elder of the Aak'w Kwaan Raven Dog Salmon people. A special treat was the telling of the story of the Lady...
...met this week with representatives from Goldbelt Inc., the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Auk Kwaan tribal elder Rosa Miller, among others in Juneau, to discuss seven Bristol Bay Native organizations' positions on the Kensington Mine lawsuit...
Rosa Miller, tribal leader of Juneau's Auk Kwaan, faces an uphill battle in keeping development far away from her tribe's culturally...
...battle victory according to tribal oral history - signal the ownership of the land by the Auk Kwaan, says tribal leader Rosa Miller. The carvings are difficult to see clearly in full light. But when a shadow falls on their bumps and curves, human...
...reminders of summer and foods of summer for the winter," she said. "You can taste August in the middle of January." Rosa Miller, 77, a Native elder, said she's picked berries since she was a child. Now she goes out with her eager 12-year-old...
...Lake during the winter. According to Auk Kwaan legend, Auk-da-shaw lived beneath what is now Auke Lake, said Rosa Miller, an Auk Kwaan elder. A man stole Auk-da-shaw's child, who then took vengeance by killing all of the Auk Kwaan...
...Benzel said. "The beaches were so beautiful," said Rosa Miller. "I miss the picnics we used to have. Of course...were paid more, working all summer for $600, said Rosa Miller. The cannery put in washing machines to replace the...
"I think it is wonderful to get all the elders together like this," said Tlingit elder Rosa Miller, 84, as she straightened her homemade Santa hat. Miller's hat featured Raven and Eagle lovebirds. Across the table sat her...
...guarantee people will never dig up Native remains for public display again without tribal involvement. Auk tribal leader Rosa Miller said she is trying to recover the remains of two people dug up this decade during work at the Auke Village Recreation...
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