MAITAQ – SEPTUM PIERCING MAITARTUUMARTAALLRIIT ARNAT. – WOMEN USED TO WEAR SEPTUM PIERCINGS. In classical Alutiiq society, men, women, and children often wore nose rings. The placed these decorations through a perforation in the nasal septum, the piece of cartilage that divides the nose. In Alutiiq the septum is known as kucurwik, a word derived from […]
Martin Luther King Jr., a man who embodied the U.S. civil rights movement, was assassinated more than 50 years ago on April 4, 1968. Here are some key facts about his life. Early life Martin Luther King Jr. was born Jan. 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son of Martin Luther King Sr., […]
DHSS today announced 271 new people identified with COVID-19 in Alaska. 265 were residents in: Anchorage (55), Bethel Census Area (43), Fairbanks (29), Unalaska (24), Kusilvak Census Area (19), Wasilla (18), Bethel (8), Palmer (8), North Pole (6), Utqiaġvik (6), Bristol Bay/ Lake and Peninsula (5), Eagle River (5), Dillingham Census Area (4), Northwest Arctic Borough (4), Chugiak (3), Cordova (3), Kodiak (3), […]
NEW ORLEANS – President Donald Trump’s departure from the White House January 20 – four years after he wrestled control of the Republican Party – puts the party at a crossroads over its future leadership and direction, with the continued loyalty of tens of millions of ardent Trump supporters an open question. The assault on […]