Mary Peltola, barrier-breaking ex-Alaska congresswoman, launches U.S. Senate bid
By Becky Bohrer and Mark Thiessen Democrat to challenge Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan on cost-of-living issues in key midterm race
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Yup’ik
Archaeological site in Alaska that casts light on early Yup’ik life ravaged by ex-Typhoon Halong
Bt Becky Bohrer Winds and storm surge may have washed away thousands of unearthed artifacts A fragment of a mask
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Mary Peltola, 1st Alaska Native in Congress, wins full term
By Becky Bohrer · The Associated Press ‘I will be happy to work for Alaskans again, as long as they’ll have me,’
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Mary Peltola sworn in as 1st Alaska Native in Congress
Democrat Mary Peltola was sworn in Tuesday night to finish out the remaining months of the term of the late
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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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Eskimo-branded ice cream may get name change in Finland
The Eskimo-branded chocolate-covered ice cream on a stick will soon be re-branded in the US in an effort to fight
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Renewable energy must be community tailored, Arctic conference hears
As communities across the polar region of North America work to get off diesel, renewable energy projects must be tailored
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Set of Indigenous Yup’ik masks reunited in Alaska after more than a century
It’s a reunion that’s been more than a century in the making — a set of century-old Yup’ik masks have
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Indigenous youth are taking pride in their heritage, speaker tells Elders and Youth conference in Alaska
The 35th annual Elders and Youth conference finished Wednesday in Anchorage, southern Alaska. Liz Medicine Crow is the president of
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Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated in Alaska
Monday was Indigenous Peoples Day in Alaska, and there were gatherings across the state commemorating and celebrating Alaska Native people.
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Indigenous Alaskans find strength in community and tradition
Ten-year-old August Seton sat in a small crowded community building in Hooper Bay (southwest Alaska) surrounded by people of all
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How an Alaskan Indigenous community is healing through dance
About six years ago community members in Hooper Bay, Alaska worked together to revive a Yup’ik dance group for young
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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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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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Lights in the sky and mysterious gravesites: Seeking the supernatural in Western Alaska
Unexplained lights in the night sky. Killer whales that transform into human beings. Bigfoot sightings. These are just a few
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