Tall caches were once common in Alaska
Tall cache that used to stand at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks In modern Alaska, elevated storage caches (sometimes called fish or bear caches) typically consist of small rustic log cabins built atop four canted...
Tagged: Athabascan culture
Interior Alaska’s once numerous fishwheels dwindle in number
It may surprise people that the picturesque fishwheels that are so much a part of Interior Alaska life, and so often associated with Athabascan Indian culture, are not indigenous to Alaska or Canada. Athabascans...
Eklutna’s Orthodox church may be the oldest building in the Anchorage area
Old St. Nicholas church in Eklutna as it looked in the 1980s Eklutna, 25 miles northeast of Anchorage on the east shore of Upper Cook Inlet’s Knik Arm, is a small Dena’ina Athabascan community....
Modern birch-bark canoe at Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center evokes traditional Athabascan culture
This traditional Athabascan birch-bark canoe is on display at the Morris Thompson Cultural & Visitors Center in Fairbanks. It was constructed in 2013 by a Folk School Fairbanks class. The boreal forest (also...
Episcopal missionaries established Tanacross 100 years ago
2012 marked the 100th anniversary of St. Timothy’s Church in Tanacross. The church was one of a string of missions the Episcopal Church established along the Tanana River in the early 1900s to serve...
Dot Lake community grew from Alaska Highway construction camp
Dot Lake, located about half way between Tok and Delta Junction on the Alaska Highway, is a picturesque little town on the east shore of Dot Lake. The community did not really exist until...
