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The lessons will be held at the tribe’s K’beq’ Cultural Heritage Interpretive Site as part of its summer cultural program.

Many southcentral Alaska forests are dotted with devil’s club, a bush-like plant with thorny stems and large leaves. Alaska Native groups have historically used the plant for medicine, and a recent workshop in Kenai trained youth how to process and harvest the plant.

As part of its summer cultural program, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe held a presentation about the history and uses of the atlatl last Friday. Commonly known as a spear thrower, the technology was once used by the Dena’ina people for hunting.

The Kenaitze Indian Tribe recently celebrated the grand re-opening of a cultural heritage site in Cooper Landing. The site is one of the only places on the Kenai Peninsula for visitors to learn about the tribe’s history.

As part of its Alaska Native studies program, Kenai Peninsula College is currently offering a Native beadwork traditions course. The two-credit class teaches a number of beading techniques, while helping students better connect to and understand Native culture.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will host its second annual virtual Indigenous Language Film Festival this Thursday. Sixteen student-made films will highlight the Sugt’stun language and two dialects of the Dena’ina language.

Across the globe, snow or no snow, people in northern latitudes are again preparing for the dark, cold winter season. This unique setting has produced a…