A small studio where Maddox Rogers makes music and art. (Courtesy/Maddox Rogers)
A small studio where Maddox Rogers makes music and art. (Courtesy/Maddox Rogers)

Maddox Rogers spends at least an hour a day in a small cabin on his family property off of Lutak Road. It’s crowded inside. The kitchen countertop is covered with keyboards, a laptop and microphones. On the opposite side, by the oven, there are two guitars – one acoustic, one electric – sitting on guitar stands. The floor is littered with wires connected…

Francisco Martínezcuello is the Chilkat Valley News summer reporter. Previously, he was in Southwest Alaska working for KYUK Public Media as a News Reporting Fellow from November 2022 through January...