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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 Cama-i Dance Festival returns to Bethel March 15-17 with three days of song, dance, and community. Here’s what to know.
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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 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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Blanchett joined KYUK morning show Coffee at KYUK to talk about his experience on the new season of “True Detective.”
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As owner and editor of The Tundra Drums newspaper, Porter gained a reputation for bold reporting and for being a fierce advocate for the people of the Y-K Delta.
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Bethel’s Pete Kaiser and Bethel-raised Jessica Klejka are among the 38 mushers competing in "The Last Great Race" this year. And many more mushers are veterans of Bethel’s Kuskokwim 300.
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Students from the district representing Bethel, Newtok, Tuntutuliak, and Quinhagak gathered in Bethel on Feb. 23 to present experiments at the annual science fair.
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Higher taxes on tobacco and other nicotine products are linked to lower consumption among young people. But Bethel’s city council doesn’t agree on whether to widen the scope of the city’s tax on tobacco to include non-tobacco nicotine products like vapes or nicotine pouches.
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The $12.1 million distribution will go out to Calista’s more than 37,300 shareholders in mid-April.
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Nellie Moore was one of the trailblazers in Native journalism in Alaska, with a distinctive style of reporting that mixed the best of the ancient Inupiaq storytelling culture with the values of Western journalism.