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Culture & Language

Student mural revives art at Nome-Beltz Middle High School

By Miriam Trujillo | April 5, 2022
A colorful mural on the school wall

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.

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In memoriam of Emmonak leader Martin Moore Sr.’s life and legacy

By Miriam Trujillo | February 16, 2022
black and white photo of woman smiling

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

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Governor’s Arts and Humanities Award recipient preserving Inupiaq dialect

By Davis Hovey | January 17, 2022
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.

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Governor gives former Nome mayor lifetime achievement in arts award

By Davis Hovey | January 12, 2022
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.

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Bowhead pod visits Savoonga with ice conditions unsuitable for hunting

By Davis Hovey | December 16, 2021

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

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Ayyu Qassataq reflects on another successful Elders and Youth Conference

By Miriam Trujillo | October 27, 2021
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.

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ANLPAC’s listening session gives platform to Indigenous language speakers and their thoughts for language revitalization

By Miriam Trujillo | October 25, 2021

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.

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Native-owned business combines traditional Qaspeqs, other garments with modern materials

By Davis Hovey | October 13, 2021

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

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Community-integrated, positive approach for youth suicide prevention

By Miriam Trujillo | September 24, 2021
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.

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Shaktoolik community and archaeologist collaboration uncovers the past

By Catherine Rubano | September 9, 2021
Difchahakl land depressions

Ongoing research is digging into the history of one of Alaska’s oldest archaeological sites.

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