Soldotna man honors Dena’ina heritage with Anchorage statue

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Near Anchorage’s Ship Creek, a new bronze statue of an elder named Olga, a Dena’ina matriarch from the village of Eklutna, stands and overlooks land that was once a prosperous Native fish camp. Soldotna artist Joel Isaak, who is Dena’ina himself, worked on the statue for two and a half years. […]