Military Voices: Mike and Julie Jordan
In this conversation Mike Jordan tells his daughter, Julie, about an unusual Thanksgiving while serving as a rifleman in Vietnam.
Military Voices: Laura Kabbatt-Kennedy and Ian Kennedy
In this conversation Laura Kabatt-Kennedy tells her son, Ian Kennedy, about her time serving as mental health specialist and her experiences at the Pentagon after 9/11.
Military Voices: Ivan Hodes
In this conversation Ivan Hodes talks about a moral dilemma he faced while serving in Iraq.
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Michael Jackson, a Tlingit carver from Kake, Alaska, traces his roots to tribal peacemakers - a tradition that he keeps alive today. He and his grandson…
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Jada Smith's family is not the only one to have drunks in its midst. But, unlike many, Smith has found strength and guidance from a traditional Tlingit…
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Mabel Pike is, possibly, Alaska's best-known Tlingit beader and skin sewer. She told her friend, Sharon Livingston, that she grew up in Southeast Alaska,…
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79-year-old Charlotte Fitzhugh lives in a converted school bus in Fairbanks, Alaska. 20 years ago, she decided to run in the 1,000-mile-long Yukon Quest…
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Ward and Taylor Hurlburt are brothers. They fish commercially for salmon in Bristol Bay. But, the two have never totally put aside their sibling…
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Many come to Interior Alaska dreaming of living simply in a cabin and wandering off in the wilderness to find adventure. Larry and Jen Landry don't just…
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Harold Luke was born in Nenana, Alaska and raised in a series of children's homes in Fairbanks, and by foster parents. When he grew up, he traveled…
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Da-Ka-Xeen Mehner is like many people today. His heritage is a stew, but the prodominant ingredient is Tlingit. He's an artist in Fairbanks. Aldona…
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Mary Shields and Judy Gottschalk's friendship was cemented through decades of adventures in Alaska. They lived like vagabonds, traveling the country on…
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Love can start in strange ways. And in the case of Tom O'Conner, a Dillingham fisherman, the ingredients include spilled spaghetti and a motorcycle ride.…