34th Annual Elders and Youth Conference kicks off in Alaska
The first full day of the 34th annual Elders and Youth Conference kicked off in Anchorage Monday morning. The gathering
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‘I am proud to be Iñupiat’: Alaskans celebrate first official Indigenous Peoples Day
The second floor of the Atwood Center at Alaska Pacific University was packed shoulder to shoulder with dozens of Alaskans
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Teacher housing teaches life lessons
The school in Nikolai, until recently, had a problem. There was nowhere for the high school teacher to live. “And
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New book tells untold story of black soldiers who built the Alaska Highway
Much of the history of the Alaska Highway up to this point has overlooked the sacrifices and mistreatment of the
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$7 million in grants to fund indigenous village construction in Alaska
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced $7 million in grants to 14 Alaska tribal organizations, much
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‘Every year it’s harder’: Hiring teachers gets increasingly difficult in rural Alaska
In the Lower Kuskokwim School District in Southwest Alaska, classes started this month with about a dozen teaching jobs unfilled.
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Man banished from Alaska Indigenous community for bootlegging
BETHEL — The tribal government in the village of Akiak this month banished the husband of a teacher, accusing him
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Federal agency to investigate ‘avoidable’ plane crashes in Alaska
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a rare investigative hearing in Anchorage on Thursday to learn more about the
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Low enrollment forces 2 more school closures in Alaska
A tiny school on remote St. George Island in the Bering Sea and an alternative school in the Interior’s Delta
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Can the isolated Alaska town of King Cove get its road under the Trump administration?
The message from the Trump administration official was blunt, chastising Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s communications director for sending a press release that
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More than 150 Alaskan villages excluded from jury duty, can residents get fair trial?
BETHEL — In remote villages all over Alaska, no one ever gets called for state jury duty. To save money,
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Alaskans in Cessna 172 make goodwill flight to Russia
A Cessna 172 flew from Nome to an airport in Russia in just three hours. But the goodwill mission on June
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Gov. Walker signs bill recognizing the black soldiers who helped build the Alaska Highway
Yesterday, Governor Walker signed Senate Bill 46 into law, establishing October 25 as “African American Soldiers’ Contribution to Building the
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At Native Youth Olympics in Alaska, free the mind and the body will follow
The physical requirements in the kneel jump — explosive power, core strength, coordination, rhythm, flexibility and balance — pack a
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Feature: Yupik Alaskan community celebrates village life
SAVOONGA, Alaska – On St. Lawrence Island, way out in the Bering Sea and closer to Russia’s eastern edge than
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