Network in Alaska centering Indigenous knowledge in Arctic climate research
A network of Arctic observers spanning nearly all of Alaska’s northern coast is helping to center Indigenous knowledge in climate
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How Inuit culture helped unlock power of classical score for Inupiaq violinist
An Inuk violinist and academic is giving a concert and lecture in Montreal in February with a view to showcasing
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‘They’re reaching for this’: Alaska students compete in Yup’ik and Iñupiaq spelling bees
By Katie Anastas, Alaska Public Media Alayna Canoe, a seventh grader from Nunam Iqua, stood on stage Saturday in a
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‘Our ancestors are our fire’: Elders and Youth conference hosted in southern Alaska
Day one of the annual Elders and Youth conference wrapped up in Anchorage, southern Alaska on Monday. The annual conference
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Alaskan Inuit dialect added to Facebook’s Translate app
Facebook added Inupiaq, an Alaskan Inuit dialect, as a language option thanks to a grassroots project started by an Alaskan
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Preserving Indigenous languages in Alaska, one grocery store at a time
Some rural Alaska shoppers have new ways to find dairy and doughnuts, body wash and toilet paper. And if they
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An ‘elder in training’ teaches Alaska crowd how to butcher a seal
FAIRBANKS — She didn’t have her big ulu or her special slanted board but Marjorie “Kunaq” Tahbone smoothly sliced blubber
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Arctic Alaskan city of Barrow votes to change name to Utqiagvik
Utqiagvik. That’s the name that Barrow will now be identified as. By a margin of six votes, residents of Barrow
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Eroding Arctic coastline reveals human bones
As Arctic Ocean waves from summer and fall storms eat away at Barrow’s bluffs, they take land from the living — and
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Arctic Alaska town prepares for Obama visit
KOTZEBUE — You know someone big is coming to your town when people start clearing out the clutter that has long
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Arctic artifacts temporarily back in Alaska for examination
A century ago, when the pioneering Canadian Arctic Expedition started to go awry, anthropologist Diamond Jenness found himself stranded for nearly a year on
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Alaska second state to officially recognize indigenous languages
Supporters of a bill to make 20 Alaska Native languages official state languages organized a 15 hour sit-in protest at
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Alaska village stares down climate change and refuses to budge
When the ocean turns violent and waves slam the ground not far from his doorstep, Mike Sookiayak can feel the
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Winter? What winter? November downright balmy in Arctic Alaska
The vicious bite of winter has swept across much of Alaska, but Barrow, a community that’s typically one of the
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Fermented ‘stink whale’ lands in Barrow, Alaska
The nation’s northernmost city got a burst of good news Tuesday during a slow season of spring whaling, when a
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