We witness her struggles alongside other Tlingit men and women - many of whom never left their Native community but wrestle with their own challe

Alaska State Writer Laureate, Ernestine Hayes, discusses her writing that examines our society's histories and heroes from a deeper perspective.

"In her first book, Blonde Indian, Ernestine Hayes powerfully recounted the story of coming back to Juneau and to her Tlingit home after many yea

"In the spring, the bear returns to the forest, the glacier returns to its source, and the salmon returns to the fresh water where it was spawned

"In her first book, Blonde Indian, Ernestine Hayes powerfully recounted the story of coming back to Juneau and to her Tlingit home after many yea