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This week, Russian Orthodox communities across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta celebrate Slaviq — the celebration of the birth of Christ well-known in the region for its tradition of starring.
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Last month, Bethel’s library director was honored with a national librarian award – one of just 10 people in the country to receive it.
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Through a new Anchorage Museum fellowship, Drew Michael aims to give other artists an opportunity to focus on their craft without worrying about day to day logistics.
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In the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, where evergreen trees can be sparse, the region has its own ways of ringing in the holiday season.
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The spirit of Santa lives in children across many cultures and many peoples, including those at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage.
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In 2021, students in the sixth-grade class designed ornaments to represent the state of Alaska. This year, they are on display again.
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Attendees wove through festive folding tables at the Y-K Delta Lifesavers’ 31st Annual Christmas Cookie Extravaganza, filling boxes with cookies baked and donated by more than 40 local bakers – despite a looming shortage of eggs in town.
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President Joe Biden says the monument, to be created at a former boarding school in Pennsylvania, builds on his apology to tribes.
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Charitie Ropati, a 23-year-old water engineer from the Kuskokwim Delta coast, has been named to the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 Education list for her work with her nonprofit education organization, lilnativegirlinSTEM.
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Historical sites across Western Alaska face existential threats, and the lead archaeologist for the Nunalleq excavation says its success is a stark reminder that it may not be long before many more precontact Yup’ik sites are lost forever.
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Come dance into the holiday season this Saturday, Nov. 30 at the Yupiit Picaryarait Cultural Center when two very different bands take the stage for a night of live music.
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Turkey is tightly tied to Thanksgiving tradition, but securing a bird for the holidays off of the road system can be prohibitively expensive. So when community organizations put together Bethel’s first-ever free turkey distribution, the community gobbled up the opportunity.