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After decades, the sharing of culture through traditional foods continues to be a staple of the festival.
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Yup’ik dance and drumming all but died out at the turn of the 20th century, as Christian missionaries sought to suppress what they saw as the pagan tradition of dance. Each year, Cama-i celebrates the culture-bearers who have helped bring yuraq back and keep the practice strong.
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The tundra village of Kasigluk has a Yup’ik dance group that’s renowned in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta for its boisterous, moving performances. Dancers are gearing up for another weekend of yuraq at this year’s Cama-i Dance Festival.
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The bill comes amid a wider debate over how Alaska’s waters are protected that is far from being resolved.
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While the purchases have been characterized by some as a bailout, supporters like the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute say otherwise.
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The PSH Atsaq Place will be open to the public from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, March 11 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the facility.
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Heavy snow berms from plowing the ice highway have led to cracking and overflow in some areas, though the road remains safe from the tundra villages to Aniak.
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Some fans waited in line for 12 hours to cheer on teams from around the region during the 1A Coastal Conference Championships from March 2 to March 4.
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Blanchett joined KYUK morning show Coffee at KYUK to talk about his experience on the new season of “True Detective.”
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A years-long Alaska seafood battle over a complicated shipping exemption has been settled. Two Bering Sea seafood shipping companies, Alaska Reefer Management LLC and Kloosterboer International Forwarding LLC, settled a lawsuit in January challenging penalties that had been levied by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Alaska Reefer Management is a subsidiary of American Seafoods, one of Alaska’s biggest fishing companies. Together, the companies will pay the federal government $9.5 million after violating federal shipping laws.
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Napakiak is one of the villages throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta that are planning and carrying out relocation projects or retreats from erosion and permafrost melt.
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Fifty-year-old John Hammonds was found guilty of sexually assaulting two victims, including at his home in Akiachak in 2021.