Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, June 9, 2021

The NEST Egg is the Anchorage School District’s newest curriculum for third graders that was developed alongside Alaska Native cultural experts. (Mayowa Aina/Alaska Public Media)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

The Dunleavy Administration looks to new streams of revenue to close the state’s budget gap. And, the Anchorage School District launches a new third grade Alaska Studies curriculum. Plus, Sitka residents gather to mark the discovery of Indigenous children’s remains at a Canadian residential school.

Reports tonight from:

  • Liz Ruskin in Washington D.C.
  • Andrew Kitchenman and Lyndsey Brollini in Juneau
  • Lex Treinen in Anchorage
  • Dan Bross in Fairbanks
  • Wesley Early in Kotzebue
  • Sabine Poux in Kenai
  • Tash Kimmel in Sitka

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