‘Putting ourselves back together’: Juneau educator confronts boarding schools’ legacy

Hana’ackm Ggoadm ‘Tsoal Naomi Leask helps a woman with family research at an Orange Shirt Day event at the Zach Gordon Youth Center on Sept. 30, 2026. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO)
Many Alaska Native families have been touched by the legacy of colonial residential schools. The remains of nearly 30 Alaska Native children who died at residential schools in and out of Alaska are being repatriated to their homelands, about a century after they died, as reported by the Anchorage Daily Ne