Culture & Language

Nome-Beltz’s class of 2022 is sprucing up their school’s walls with a mural that highlights how far the new art class has come since it began three years ago.

The city of Emmonak mourns the loss of one of its great leaders, Martin Moore Sr., who recently passed away.

Photo used with permission from Rasmuson Foundation. (2018)

Roy Agloinga was a recipient of a Governor’s Arts and Humanities award last week for his work in education. But for decades, Agloinga has been preserving his region’s dialect of Inupiaq by recording and compiling phrases into an Inupiat Dictionary.

Nome's Mayor visits with Senator Sullivan and Coast Guard Commandant Zukunft. Photo a courtesy of USCG, used with permission. (2017)

The Distinguished Service to the Humanities award in education went to Roy Agloinga. Agloinga was joined by former Mayor of Nome, Richard Beneville. As Beneville passed away in May of 2020, his award is given posthumously.

Earlier this week, a pod of about nine Bowhead whales were seen off the northern coast of Savoonga.

Walrus ivory carvings and masks, like these on display at Maruskiya's in Nome, may be threatened by other states' bans on the sale, purchase, and trade of various types of ivory. Photo: Emily Russell/KNOM.

FAI hosted its 38th Annual Statewide Elders and Youth Conference last week. FAI vice president Ayyu Qassataq looked back on what made this year’s conference great.

During the Elders and Youth Conference, speakers of Indigenous Alaskan languages gathered to discuss what they can do to ensure that Indigenous language will continue to survive and flourish on their native lands.

Naataq Gear is a “female-owned, Indigenous-owned business that was founded in 2018 here in Nome, Alaska.”

A vintage, aerial view over Scammon Bay, Alaska, circa 1986

The Alaska Native Collaborative Hub for Research on Resilience and the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council partnered this month to host a webinar on suicide prevention among Alaska Native youth.