Ross River
Issue: 2018-04-18, PHOTO: Dan Davidson
Gearing up to explore ideas and the written word
In 1990, a number of organizations joined together to meld the Young Authors’ Conference and the National Book Festival into a farther reaching Yukon Writers’ Festival to highlight the Canadian literary arts in the Yukon. The current sponsors of... more
Apr. 18, 2018
Issue: 2017-09-13, PHOTO: Iris Kris Krueger, Wochenspiegel
In The People’s Voice
Ross River musician Dennis Shorty grew up in a musical family that spoke Kaska and performed at social events. Now he is sharing his love of the language through the musical duo he formed with his wife, Jennifer Froehling, is called Dena Zagi... more
Sep. 13, 2017
Issue: 2017-03-15, PHOTO Rick Massie Photography
Looking Back on 40 Years of Team Spirit
In the fall of 1975 when Joe Jack was around 24 years old he and a group of friends thought it would be a good idea to start a First Nations hockey team that would include people from all the communities in the Yukon. He and his friends were avid... more
Mar. 15, 2017
Issue: 2016-12-14, PHOTO: Kim Melton
Slip-Sliding Away
If viewed on their own, the Hazards Maps produced by the Northern Climate ExChange might look like something inspired by a cartoon – which the project coordinator Dr. Bronwyn Benkert informs me is indeed the case. Coloured in with traffic light... more
Dec. 14, 2016
Issue: 2016-09-22, PHOTO: Fritz Mueller
Healing Through Art
Dennis Shorty created his first sculpture when he was eight years old. It was a moose carved out of poplar with a burbot fish skull for antlers and a bit of “fish glue” to hold them in place. He was proud of the sculpture and showed his father, ... more
Sep. 22, 2016
Issue: 2016-08-11, PHOTO: by Clare Devenish
Cello Lessons in the Communities
“They just don’t stop!” That’s the coordinator of the Yukon Cello Project, Nico Stephenson, describing the energy and enthusiasm his students bring to music class each day. “Whether that’s playing cellos, or playing outside, they just don’t stop.” more
Aug. 11, 2016
Ross River Stories
Issue: 2015-04-02 PHOTO: courtesy of Carolyn Vincent
A Northern Diary
I have been in the wilderness of the Mackenzie Mountains for six weeks, and have decided to begin a diary. It’s maybe not the right time to start one, but now that I’m not quite as busy and not nearly as tired at the end of the day, I’ll begin one... more
Apr. 02, 2015
August 28, 2014
A Mothering Hen
When Kaska master carver Dennis Shorty talks about his art, the conversation is more likely to focus on his respect for the materials he uses than on his finished products. more
Aug. 28, 2014
Sharing Traditional Art with Europeans
On May 30 Dennis and I left a big flood behind in Ross River, and landed in Germany where many cities, towns and villages were also flooding. We are here on our annual trip to promote tourism, culture, and Yukon artists, more
Jul. 04, 2013
Heritage New & Old
When Natasha Peter walks into the coffee shop, she's grinning with excitement. "We were just down the street looking at rifles," she says of her "trip to town" with her boyfriend. "I'm stoked to get my own .22." A 21-year-old who knows how to skin a more
May 05, 2011
