A.F.N. Crafts Showcase Culture And Skill

KUAC | By Dan Bross

Published October 29, 2013 at 1:13 PM AKDT

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Mary Jane Darendoff displays tiny beadwork

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Barrow's Mable Smith and the Snowy Owl dolls she makes.

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Caribou Leaf Salve maker Flo Kenney of Juneau

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Ricko DeWilde shows one of his campny's t-shirt designs

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Ruby snowshoe maker George Albert

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*This story won Third Place for Best Arts Reporting from the Alaska Press Club in 2013.

The A.F.N. Convention was focused in serious issues and politics, but it also provided a venue for Native arts and crafts. As KUAC’s Dan Bross reports, the craft show offered a lot of traditional works, with a few surprises.

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Dan Bross

Dan has been in public radio news in Alaska since 1993. He’s worked as a reporter, newscaster and talk show host at stations in McGrath, Valdez and Fairbanks. Dan’s experience includes coverage of a wide range of topics, from wolf control to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and dog mushing.

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