Stories

Native Youth Olympics planned Jan. 20 to 22 in Kenai

The 2017 Native Youth Olympics Invitational is scheduled for Jan. 20 to 22 at Mountain View Elementary School in Kenai. Read More

Henu’ Community Wellness Court to serve residents across central Kenai Peninsula

The Kenaitze Indian Tribe has officially entered a historic government-to-government partnership with the Alaska Court System, signing an agreement to create a joint-jurisdiction state-tribal therapeutic court that will serve people across the central Kenai Peninsula later this year. Read More

Elders support Elders through tribe’s Senior Companion Program

Laura Hobson and Nancy Nelson walked into the store, one after the other, and began peering at the collection of antiques. Read More

Tribe hosts 4th Annual Superhero 5K Run/Walk to benefit CASA program

It’s not every day that 13-year-old Jaron Kenner gets to dress up as Star Wars hero Hans Solo. Read More

4th Annual CASA Superhero 5K Run/Walk scheduled for Aug. 20

Get ready to channel your inner superhero.
The 4th Annual CASA Superhero 5K Run/Walk is set for 11 a.m. Read More

Dena’ina Wellness Center uses special tape to ease pain, increase mobility

When Alexandra “Sasha” Lindgren went to the hospital because of lower-body pain so severe she couldn’t walk, she faced the possibility of needing a wheelchair. Read More

Fiocla Wilson, the tribe’s eldest member, enjoys milestone birthday.

Connie Wilson remembers the moose-hunting trips and salmon-fileting sessions. Diana Zirul remembers playing piano in the entryway of her home. Read More

Tribe hosts children’s art workshop

Some of the area’s youngest artists have taken their work to new heights.
The tribe’s Environmental Protection Program recently hosted an art workshop at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center, Read More

Tribe celebrates official opening of the 2016 Educational Fishery

They danced. They ate. They laughed.
And for the first time this season, they put the net in the water. Read More

Tribal program helps put former Nikiski High School student on a good path

It’s about 5:30 p.m. on a Tuesday in March, and Nico Castro finally has a chance to relax. Read More