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Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, the chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, visited Bethel and other Alaska communities in late August. She sat down with KYUK to talk about what she’d done and seen in Alaska and her expansive vision of how everyone can lead an artful life.
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Students at Bethel’s Yup’ik language immersion school attended classes in their own building for the first time ever today (September 11). The new building represents decades of local dedication and advocacy for Indigenous education.
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For former owner Kathy Miller, saying goodbye to the store that four generations of her family played a part in is “bittersweet.”
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Matthew Nicolai uses a simple loop of string to create connections and tell traditional stories.
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A "conga line" of three storms hit the Kuskokwim and Yukon Delta coasts over the course of a week. KYUK asked community members to document how flooding impacted their communities.
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With a teaching approach that reaches soul-deep, Nikki Corbett, also known as SewYup'ik, uses sewing as a tool to create community and foster collective healing across Alaska.
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Pamyua returned home to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta for a performance at Bethel’s high school gym in early August. It was in honor of a major broadband internet project in the region. The band, and event sponsors, say both the project and performance are about celebrating connectivity and sharing culture.
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A modern fashion designer and skin sewer, Golga Oscar draws inspiration from stories passed down to him from generations of Elders and ancestors.
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Dozens came to the Yupiit Picaryarait Cultural Center to observe Orthodox tradition and seek healing after the passing of Doreen Black, Gregory Alfred, and Nastasia Nick.
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Martin Paul says his music and videos are supposed to offer a sense of healing, joy, and gratitude.
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At the Bethel landfill, residents push back against the challenging economic reality of life in rural Alaska.
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Steve Stone finds unique ways to piece together whale bone, driftwood, and other natural materials to create the masks, carvings, and sculptures he’s known for.