Public Media for Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

Growing Up in Nyac

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The proposed Donlin mine may be grabbing the headlines but mining is not new to the region. Find out what it was like to mine gold on the Kuskokwim River in the old days. Joseph Venes Jr. grew up in Nyac, where they made gold bars.

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