That law makes it illegal to market and sell artwork falsely labeled as created by an Alaska Native or a Native tribe. The act is enforced by the federal Indian Arts and Crafts Board, which ...

The documentary The Story of Art in Alaska is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, bringing the creativity and cultural traditions of Alaska’s artists to viewers around the world. Directed by ...

As the state’s tourism industry rebounds after the COVID-19 pandemic emergency, state and federal officials have been cracking down on fake Alaska Native art.

It is the first time that artists chosen for the Renwick Invitational are all Native Americans and Alaska Natives. All are members of separate sovereign nations: Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska, ...

Visitors to the Denver Art Museum look at “Drum (Gaaw),” a cultural item from the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, on display in the Northwest Coast and Alaska Native Art Galleries ...

As customers strolled into a shop boasting authentic Alaska Native made artwork, a salesman humored them with stories of how he learned the craft from his family, according to federal authorities ...

A man from Washington state was sentenced this week to spend two years in federal prison for selling fake Alaska Native artwork in Ketchikan. Cristobal “Cris” Magno Rodrigo, 59, pleaded guilty ...

And artists, just — there’s so many Alaska Native collection items in museums that are so important to continuing their cultures. So there’s a lot of inspiration that happened on the artist ...

It’s a federal crime to sell art that is falsely marketed as created by an Alaska Native or tribal member. By James Brooks Alaska Beacon Monday, June 19, 2023 8:31am News Alaska Natives tourism ...

The salesman, 39-year-old Cameron Losi from Washington state, is of American Indian descent and not an Alaska Native, and the artwork — mostly stone carvings at the store Losi worked at — were ...

This spring, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Seattle prosecuted a man who sold fake American Indian and Alaska Native artwork at Pike’s Place Market.

The salesman, 39-year-old Cameron Losi from Washington state, is of American Indian descent and not an Alaska Native, and the artwork — mostly stone carvings at the store Losi worked at — were ...