‘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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‘Arctic gene’ that poses fasting risks is found in more infants thanks to DNA testing
Thousands of years of a diet with lots of animal fats and sparse carbohydrates left a mark on the DNA
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Clues emerging about Arctic gene, diet and health
For thousands of years, the indigenous people of the far north survived the extreme cold of their environment with a
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Walrus and moose, salmon and berries: It’s Thanksgiving in Western Alaska
BETHEL — Across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Wednesday, the turkeys were thawing – and so was the moose and walrus,
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Study sheds light on peopling of the Arctic
Archaeologists have been arguing for decades about how human beings got to the new world, and genetic research released today
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