“All our heroes are basketball players,” Arnold Marks says. “All of our parents and older siblings played basketball. And, you know, we don’t have enough equipment for football or baseball or anything else like that. Basketball’s it.”
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18-year-old killed in goose hunting accident in Western Alaska
An 18-year-old died when he was shot while bird hunting with two other young people in Nightmute on April 26.
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Rabies returns to the Y-K Delta
Four dogs have been euthanized after contact with rabid foxes.
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Yup’ik Elders help revive the nearly-extinct tradition of crafting baby parkas
Sewing atasuaq, or traditional baby parkas, was almost a lost skill. That is, until a 101-year-old Yup’ik Elder helped revive it.
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Toksook Bay Tribe receives more than $10 million federal grant for trail construction
The Toksook Bay Tribe has received more than $10 million to construct trails to the nearby community of Nightmute, and along the coast to the fishing grounds at Umkumiut, an important subsistence location.
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