Organizers say children’s literacy is crucial to the survival of Alaska Native languages like Yup’ik and Iñupiaq.
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A new study gives many Alaska communities their first look at how fast erosion is approaching
It’s the most comprehensive erosion assessment ever done in the state, and for many communities, it’s their first ever erosion forecast based on scientific data.
When Yukon River chum stocks collapsed, donated fish came in from Bristol Bay
The Yukon River has seen its worst summer chum salmon run on record, and its third-worst chinook run.
Voters in 6 villages will have no polling places for Alaska’s primary election
Elections officials made the announcement late Monday, a little more than 12 hours before polls opened, that there would only be absentee in-person voting in the communities of Arctic Village, Port Lions, Kake, Takotna, Cold Bay and Nunam Iqua.
Ravn’s bankruptcy leaves many rural Alaskans without medical transport during pandemic
Ravn Air Group’s bankruptcy left state officials and health providers scrambling to figure out how to transport rural patients who test positive for the coronavirus.
How did the Nunam Iqua boys get lost on the snowy tundra? They were chasing a fox.
“So, that’s how we got lost. Cause we were trying to catch a fox to show my mom and my dad,” he said.
Missing Nunam Iqua children reunited with family
All four boys who were found huddled in the snow near Nunam Iqua have reunited with their family.
Rescuers found lost Nunam Iqua children in a hole in the snow, huddled around the youngest child
All four children were bundled together. They had dug a hole in the snow, about a foot deep and three feet in diameter.
Children who went missing in a storm in Nunam Iqua found alive but severely hypothermic
The U.S. Coast Guard arrived at the location by helicopter and transported the four children to Bethel to receive treatment for their hypothermia.
Annual Yup’ik spelling bee connects identity and culture in young spellers
Competition was tough and quick during the Yup’ik Spelling Bee this weekend in Anchorage. Even with four schools from two school districts, competition quickly became a battle between the former champ Daniel Ayaginag Hunter from Nunam Iqua and contenders in Kotlik.