Joaqlin EstusIndian Country Today Last month the Rasmuson Foundation honored former Alaska Writer Laureate Ernestine Hayes, Tlingit, with its 2021 Distinguished Artist Award. Hayes is the author of two Alaska Native memoirs, “Blonde Indian,” and “The Tao of Raven.” Telling the story of her life, she intermingles pride, love, poverty, shame, beautiful vistas, the perspectives […]
