Starting an immersion program in an Alaska Native language comes with challenges: An educator often needs to create the curriculum and teaching materials themselves, and they sometimes need to work on ...
In Alaska, a seventh grader has won the Yup'ik spelling bee and a fifth grader has won the Iñupiat spelling bee. For the Yup'ik and Inupiat people of Alaska, a spelling bee is more than a friendly ...
Apayauq Reitan, 24, is making history this week as the first out trans woman to compete in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and she’s doing it using her true name. It’s a milestone for the young ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Britt’Nee Brower grew up in a largely Inupiat Eskimo town in Alaska’s far north, but English was the only language spoken at home. A new Inupiaq language option recently went live ...
Apr. 2—When Iñupiaq hunters search for whales in spring, they move silently, navigating the waters in traditional skin boats. In the whaling village of Wainwright, skin boat making hasn't been ...
A fourth-grader became the winner of the first ever statewide Iñupiaq spelling bee. Kopeck Kaitlin Alston is the first ever winner of the Inupiaq Spelling Bee. (Angie Alston) Competitors had a tough ...
For years, Alaska’s North Slope Iñupiat have endured a challenging relationship with the U.S. government and groups that have no connection to our lands and people, often characterized by efforts to ...
A pair of Inupiaq brothers from Nome, Alaska, Oliver and Wilson Hoogendorn, have won a grand prize of $500,000 in the first season of a national reality TV show series competition called “Race to ...
In Alaska, a seventh grader has won the Yup'ik spelling bee and a fifth grader has won the Iñupiat spelling bee. For the Yup'ik and Inupiat people of Alaska, a spelling bee is more than a friendly ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Britt’Nee Brower grew up in a largely Inupiat Eskimo town in Alaska’s far north, but English was the only language spoken at home. Today, she knows a smattering of Inupiaq ...
For the Yup'ik and Inupiat people of Alaska, a spelling bee is more than a friendly competition. As Alaska Public Media's Katie Anastas reports, spelling bees are a way for kids to connect to their ...
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