Culu’ulluku; Culurt’slluku – Beach It PaRag’uutateng culurtaarait. – Sometimes they beach their boat. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken.) Most fishermen who know Alutiiq words are familiar with culu’ulluku, a term that means to beach your boat. Whether intentional or accidental, beaching is an age-old way of reaching the shore. In classical Alutiiq […]
TESHEKPUK LAKE — Suspended in glass on the oil stove, the coffee leans south, as if the giant lake has a gravitational pull. Though Ben Jones has leveled this cabin before, he sees a useful function in the current slope, caused by thawed permafrost. Any snow blown in during the long winter will drain through […]
ANCHORAGE — State public health centers, along with the Municipality of Anchorage and Maniilaq Association in Kotzebue, will waive all immunization administration fees during National Infant Immunization Week. The annual observation, April 26–May 3, is a perfect time to update your children’s vaccinations at no cost. National Infant Immunization Week highlights the importance of protecting infants from […]
A term assistant professor at the University of Alaska-Anchorage has been arrested on charges of Sexual Abuse of a Minor, says the Anchorage Police Department. 48-year-old Steven LeRoy Pyle, was arrested and charged with three counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor on Wednesday morning. It is unknown at this time where Pyle was arrested […]