Ketchikan fur artist awarded grant for tannery project

Ketchikan fur artist awarded grant for tannery project

Christy Ruby (left) assists her friend Chevy Horval with a harvesting seal class for the KIC Tribal Scholars Program. (Image courtesy of Christy Ruby) Alaska’s sea otter population has grown since being reintroduced to the region in the 1960s. The species preys on clams and crabs, which are profitable fisheries throughout the state.   But Alaska Native fashion artist Christy Ruby wants to keep the species’ population under control by eventually …