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Bethel Celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day

Gladys Jung Elementary School Dancers perform at Bethel's Indigenous Peoples Day celebration at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center on October 14, 2019.
Anna Rose MacArthur
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KYUK

Bethel celebrated its third annual Indigenous Peoples Day on Oct. 10. The celebration included an evening of Yup’ik dance, Native Olympic games, sharing of Elder wisdom, and a potluck. To begin the event, community members marched down Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway holding signs, wearing headdresses, and beating a drum. KYUK walked with them and has this audio postcard.

Anna Rose MacArthur served as KYUK's News Director from 2015-2022.