Author: Colette Czarnecki

Talk on the Rock: Olivia Strano on the Milk Run Music Festival

Episode 80: This past year Wrangell saw its inaugural Milk Run Music Festival. One of the main organizers, Olivia Strano, informs the Wrangell community on what to expect with the second annual festival. Five bands, workshops, vendors and great food will highlight the event in the beginning of May. Contact info@milkrunmusicfest.org for more information or to voice ideas.

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Three Wrangell leaders — spanning generations — elected to Alaska Native Sisterhood

It’s been ten years since Wrangell hosted an Alaska Native Sisterhood and Brotherhood Grand Camp, an annual gathering where members discuss priorities, vote during elections and celebrate culturally. And this past October was the first in-person year since the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alaska Native Brotherhood members formed in 1912 and ANS three years later. Both groups have been fighting for civil rights and land claims ever since.

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