U.S. Senator Mark Begich today announced that Alaskans living in rural areas would soon see relief from high energy costs as a result of three significant grants made to the Kipnuk Light Plant, Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, and the Denali Commission. “This is great news for Alaskans across the state living in more remote areas […]
As the community of Tanana continues to wrestle with the issues surrounding the deaths of two Fairbanks-based Alaska State Troopers, the tribal council in the community has voted on a lifetime ban from the village of two men who had an indirect role in the killings. The tribal council voted to ban for life the […]
Kodiak-based Alaska State Troopers report that they responded to an armed incident in Old Harbor on Monday after receiving a call from the VPSO in that village. The VPSO reported to the troopers at 4:46 pm that about 15 minutes earlier he had received a call from a 19-year-old resident of the community that stated […]
Quuq; Nuya’itstaq – Hide and Seek Uswillraraat quuq’rtut. – The children are playing hide and seek. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken) Hide and seek is one of many popular outdoor children’s games long played in Alutiiq communities. According to anthropologist Kaj Birket-Smith, who visited the Chugach Alutiiq people in the 1930s, children […]