Word of the Week Lesson 15:45 KRaasnaaq : Godparent KRaasnaat ag’inartut. : Godparents should be respected. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken) Russian colonists introduced godparenting, a relationship between adults and children that has become second in importance only to parent-child bonds in Alutiiqcommunities. KRaasnaaq comes from a Russian word meaning “godparent.” Some Alutiiq […]
For a second time this year, Israel has launched an air attack on suspected weapons in Syria. On Friday, Israeli jets over Lebanon let loose stand-off bombs at a building in Damascus and is suspected of hitting surface-to-surface Fateh-110 missiles stored there.
The Fairbanks man, 26-year-old Carl David Jr, who was arrested in April of 2012 in the death of a two-year-old child pleaded "Guilty" in court on Friday afternoon in a plea agreement.