They demonstrated games like the One-Foot and Two-Foot High Kick, the Alaskan High Kick, Scissor Broad Jump, Seal Hop, and the Inuit and Dene Stick Pulls.
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After Brian Smith’s Anchorage murder conviction, MMIP advocates hope for change
“We’re just one story,” said Sean Hinson, the son of one of the murdered women. “We’re one piece of that puzzle. Everyone has their own piece.”
Jury makes quick decision in Brian Smith murder trial, convicting him in deaths of two Native women
After three weeks of testimony, the trial of serial killer Brian Smith came to a quick conclusion Thursday. National media has followed the Smith murders closely, dubbing them the “Memory Card Murders.”
Trial of Brian Smith, accused of murdering two Alaska Native women, enters third week
The trial of a Brian Smith, a man accused in the murders of two Alaska Native women, resumed on Tuesday.
Julie Kitka to step down as longtime head of the Alaska Federation of Natives
Next month, AFN will open up the application process, the first step in choosing the next person to lead state’s largest Native organization.
Nellie Moore leaves behind a huge footprint in Native journalism
Nellie Moore was one of the first Indigenous reporters in Alaska. She could sew an atikluk, an Iñupiaq overshirt, as well as stitch news and information into stories that made a difference.
Anchorage’s white raven has become a local legend
Since October of last year, Anchorage has been visited by a rare, feathered celebrity — a white raven, which appears to have taken up residence in the Spenard neighborhood.
Remembering Gary Fife: Blazing trails for Native journalism
Fife was the first to host “National Native News,” a program that was launched in Alaska in the late 1980s. He was still hosting radio shows and writing a weekly column when he died on Jan. 14 in Oklahoma, at the age of 73.
Alaska Federation of Natives joins feds’ suit against state over rural subsistence priority
The Alaska Federation of Natives is the latest party to side with the federal government. A federal judge last week granted AFN’s request to intervene in the case.
Racial disparities persist in Alaska’s prisons
A national prison research group says American Indians and Alaska Natives are vastly overrepresented in state prison systems nationwide — and Alaska tops the list.