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Arts & Culture

Jul 12 2017
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(Photo courtesy of Christopher Liu)

Bethel native works to program a ‘Yup’ik Siri’

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Education, Science & Tech, Southwest

Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta communities are keeping Yup’ik alive through immersion schools, bilingual media, teacher training programs and speaking the language at home. Bethel native Christopher Liu is doing his part to bring his language into the 21st century.

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Jul 11 2017
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A bust of Alaska Native civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich greets capitol visitors in the front lobby of the Alaska Capitol building. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO)

Peratrovich dollar coin will either have her likeness or a symbolic Tlingit raven

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Arts & Culture, Community, History, Nation & World, Southeast

The 2020 dollar coin honoring Elizabeth Peratrovich will either have a literal image of the Alaska Native civil rights leader on it, or a Raven holding a key — a symbol of her Tlingit Raven moiety and her role in agitating for an anti-discrimination law.

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Jul 11 2017
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Jasmine Gil, originally from Bethel, is studying the effects of wildfires on permafrost with the Polaris Project, 50 miles north of the Yukon-Kuskokwim hub. (Photo by Katie Basile/KYUK)

Bethel scientist returns home to study climate change

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Climate Change, Environment, Science & Tech, Southwest, University of Alaska

What happens after fire scorches the tundra, and what follows when carbon that’s been locked away for millennia gets released? Currently, a group of scientists is camping 50 miles north of Bethel are attempting to answer these questions. For one scientist the research is personal because it means coming home.

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Jun 28 2017
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President Barack Obama awards the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Oprah Winfrey during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Nov. 20, 2013. (Photo by Lawrence Jackson/White House)

Oprah and friends to visit Alaska during July cruise

By | Arts & Culture, Southeast, Transportation

Oprah Winfrey and some of her friends will be cruising through Alaska next month. Forbes reports that the seven-day Holland America cruise “Share the Adventure” departs from Seattle on July 15 on July 15. The 2,104-passenger ship will visit Glacier Bay National Park, Juneau, Sitka and other Alaskan sites.

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