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American Indian College Fund Honors Tribal College Students of the Year and Coca Cola Scholars
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe American Indian College Fund honored 35 Tribal College and University Students of the Year and...
Utqiaġvik residents greet the return of the sun with traditional dance
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 27—As more than 400 children in Utqiaġvik raised their hands toward the ceiling of the school's gym to greet the sun, the light shone through the windows a little brighter. On a brisk, ...
New survey shows decline in number of Iñupiaq speakers but more interest in language revitalization
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSep. 17—The number of fluent Iñupiaq speakers has declined in the last decade, but the interest in language revitalization has been growing, according to the results from a survey released this ...
Winds down but high water just starting as 'exceptionally strong storm' batters Northwest Alaska
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 9—Utqiagvik Flooding Morning light Friday along the Arctic coast revealed the toll taken by an ongoing storm hitting Northwest Alaska, as winds began to subside but problems associated ...
North Slope's only tribal school readies a new crop of graduates, and plans to expand
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 24—It's been 43 years since Wainwright resident Marlene Okakok first tried to complete her high school diploma. Now, at age 63, she is about to graduate. Okakok is one of this year's three ...
Residents hit by rural Alaska fiber network outage turn to satellite internet, analog operations
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJun. 15—Since a fiber outage left multiple Northwest Alaska and North Slope communities without internet and cell service last weekend, telecommunications service providers have been scrambling ...
Along Utqiaġvik's eroding coast, hope that a seawall can help keep the community safe
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 17—UTQIAĠVIK — Miranda Rexford-Brown walked atop the slowly disappearing sandy bluff between the Arctic Ocean and the house her father built. The late-June wind frazzled her hair as she ...