JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Two Alaska Air National Guard Guardian Angel personnel recovery Airmen jumped from a 176th Wing combat search and rescue aircraft into the village of Kotlik March 22 to expedite medical care for a critically ill patient there before medically evacuating her to JBER. The mission opened in response to a request […]
“This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war,” said the aid group’s CEO. World Central Kitchen said Tuesday that a targeted Israeli airstrike killed seven members of its aid team […]
Elder — Cuqlliq Cuqllit amlen’irtut maani awa’i. – There are not many Elders around anymore. The world’s cultures respond to aging in very different ways. Some societies believe that the aged have less to contribute than the young, considering the elderly a social burden. But in Alutiiq society, older people hold a distinguished, highly respected […]
JUNEAU – After more than 50 years, the Wooch dakádin kéet koodás’ (Killerwhales Facing Away From Each Other Shirt), a traditional beaded tunic belonging to the Dakhl’aweidí(Killerwhale) clan of Angoon, Alaska, has returned home to Southeast Alaska. For the last 40 years, the tunic has been on display in Salt Lake City, Utah under the possession […]