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Wanda “Kashudoha” Loescher Culp, Tlingit activist and WECAN Tongass coordinator, speaks during a Tongass Rally to show local support for the 2001 National Roadless Rule in front of the Alaska State Capitol on Saturday. <strong>Michael Penn | </strong>Juneau Empire

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‘Not Trump’s Tongass’: Rally backs continued conservation of Southeast forest

Uniting in the name of conservation.

A traditional bearded seal blanket borrowed from the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics waits a toss demonstration during the lunch hour in the Thunder Mountain High School gymnasium on Friday, March 15, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Getting air on a seal skin blanket: Juneau students learn Iñupiat tradition

Watch a blanket toss.

Juneau-Douglas’ Chance Turinsky, left, drives past Homer’s Isaiah Nevak at Treadwell Arena on Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. JDHS won 4-3 in overtime. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Juneau hockey scores weekend sweep of Homer

Juneau-Douglas High School senior Cully Corrigan wisely held off celebrating what appeared to be a game-winning goal on…

Juneau-Douglas’s Blake Bixby is knocked down by Kenai’s Jakeb O’Brien, right, in front of Kenai’s Levi Mese at Treadwell Arena on Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. O’Brien was called for roughing on the play. (Photo by Michael Penn/Juneau Empire)

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Kenai Central hockey pulls split out of Juneau

Juneau-Douglas High School scored four first period goals as the Crimson Bears won 5-1 Friday night over Kenai…