It was a weekend of firsts for Hooper Bay artist Cimiun Joseph. 

His first time in Juneau, then Haines, then showing his hand-drawn pencil and ink cards and carved walrus ivory jewelry and offering them for sale in Three Northmen over the weekend. 

Cimuin Joseph’s carved walrus ivory earrings were on display at the Three Northmen meaders on Friday, September 27, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/Chilkat Valley News)

Joseph, who was in town visiting…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...