This is a story about Wayne Price, an Alaskan indigenous master carver, who was asked by the Creator to carve a Healing Dugout Canoe.

Keith Wolfe Smarch - a Master Carver

Home grown in the land of the Midnight Sun: Musician, DJ, promoter and long-time electronic music...

Gurdeep Singh Pandher speaks about the ffect Covid 19 has had on him and his dance school. Since he moved to the Yukon in 2012, he has been dancing and providing Bhangra lessons at many locations. His Yukon made Bhangra dance videos went viral and his work has been featured on CBC Yukon, CBC National, CTV National News, Buzzfeed, The Huffington Post, SBS Australia, and many other platforms. Even though he's been affected by the pandemic, Gurdeep is continuing to teach Bhangra lessons online.

On May 3, 2019, the Yukon branch of the Canadian Bar Association will host its annual Law Day Charity Run and Walk at noon, starting at the Visitor Information Centre and following the Millennium Trail along the Yukon River. Last year’s event was a huge success thanks to the community sponsors and participants with over 200 runners and walkers participating and $5050 raised for charity. Each year, the Fun Run chooses a different charity to be the benefactor of funds raised from sponsorship of the Fun Run. This years' recipient is the Youth Of Today Society. A youth organization that supports youth business, media arts education and much more! The theme for Law Day 2019 is ‘Celebrating Language Rights’.

This inspiring story was submitted by Mackenzie B.C. Youth Graham Burrows, age 27. Earlier this year he started a fundraiser to raise money for Multiple...

A fascinating time travel of Yukon's history! Join Shakat Team as we sat down with John Fingland to listen what he had to say about Yukon's climate change.

Jose Martines Amoedo teaches a fascinating lesson on how to make your own arrows and quilts from scratch, and how to hunt responsibly.

Keewaadin Swan, 16, is a talented Gwich’in youth, who has been playing basketball since grade six. The basketball Head Coach, Colin Teramura, who has returned for a second time, being a NAIG Head Coach, referred to him and his team mates as “Living and Breathing Basketball”.

On January 10, 2019 Kate Carmack (also known as Shaaw Tláa) was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame along with Klondike Discoverers: Skookum Jim Mason, Dawson Charlie, George Carmack and Robert Henderson. The nomination was a collaborative effort between the Kwanlin Dun First Nation Youth Advisory Committee, Youth of Today Society (YOTS) and Yukon Chamber of Mines.Zena McLean, a descendent of Kate Carmack, accepted the award on Kate’s behalf. On hand to witness the event was: Kwanlin Dün First Nation Chief Doris Bill and Councillor Jessie Dawson, Yukon Government Premier Sandy Silver, Deputy Premier Ranj Pillai, Minister Jeanie Dendys, AFN Regional Chief Kluane Adamek and members of the Youth of Today Society, Kwanlin Dun’s Youth Advisory Committee to Council and Yukon Chamber of Mines past President Sue Craig and Executive Director Samson Hartland.

This is a topic that should never be taken lightly. It effect us all on a national level, as well as local. For a long time this issue has been swept under the rug, but no more. Since the early eighties, woman across the nation have been going missing along a now notorious B.C. Highway that we know today as the Highway of Tears. Even to this day some of these women, have not been found. Families have been torn apart, because of this issue that has been plaguing our country. While most of us are conditioned to believe the core of the issue is racism against aboriginal women, the problem is much more complex and interwoven with bias than most are willing to confront.

The Junior REM is a unique, experiential approach that offers students a two-day holistic program of integrated traditional and modern 21st century teaching and learning designed to connect students with their heritage, cultures, and traditions and strengthen their cultural, emotional, mental, and physical well-being. The REM also enables students to connect with their peers from other rural Yukon communities.

Graduation is a day that makes all the late nights staying up late to complete your assignments pay off. The second you begin the walk up to the stage to receive your diploma, that sense of accomplishment and relief is almost overwhelming. Each moment of that day is burned into the memory of every student, along with that of their families and friends.

Over the past few months the Shākāt Team traveled to a number of different communities to collect stories from youth all around the territory. We were struck by their creativity and unique perspectives on life in the Yukon. This time we visited Carmacks to teach a videography workshop.