Housing in Nikolai, a village of about 100 people on the south fork of the Kuskokwim River, is scarce. It’s expensive and difficult to get building supplies there.
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Fewer fish, fewer kids: Remote Alaskan island struggles to keep its students
A driving force behind the school’s declining enrollment is something the school can’t do much about: people leaving the island in search of a healthier economy.