The Yup’ik village of Newtok, perched precariously on thawing permafrost at the edge of the rapidly eroding Ninglick River, is the first Alaska community to begin a full-scale relocation made ...
Excerpted from The Native People of Alaska by Steve J ... In the spring, family or extended family groups dispersed to various camps to obtain migratory waterfowl, salmon, caribou and other ...
"Subsistence' is the word used to describe a traditional way of life among many Alaska Natives ... given small jobs at the fishing and hunting camps, gathering sites and during the seal harvests.
Through other Alaska Native intellectuals and by making ... the medical discrimination she experienced in the relocation and ...
The stories Holly Miowak Guise heard from elders inspired her to research and document the experience of Alaska Native veterans of World War II.
Nearly $75 million in federal grant funds over the next five years will be aimed at helping Alaska Native communities as they grapple with the impacts of climate change. The Alaska Native Tribal ...
KAKTOVIK, Alaska (AP) — The right to vote is considered sacrosanct in the U.S., but it isn’t always so in the tiny, remote Native villages across Alaska. In these far-flung locations — well ...