The Alaska National Guard Safely Delivers Christmas Gifts to Three Remote Villages, Honoring Op Santa 65-year Tradition

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The Alaska National Guard Safely Delivers Christmas Gifts to Three Remote Villages, Honoring Op Santa 65-year Tradition

With the difficulties presented by COVID-19, the Alaska National Guard once again managed to spread joy to remote villages in difficult times. This year’s iteration of Op Santa brought the Christmas spirit to the villages of Birch Creek, Stevens Village, and Nanwalek. Due to COVID-19 precautionary measures, the Guardsmen and volunteers delivered the gifts to […]

Nanwalek-English Bay-Alutiiq Word of the Week-March 18th

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Nanwalek-English Bay-Alutiiq Word of the Week-March 18th

Nanwalek–English Bay Kina nanwalegmek?–Who is from English Bay? The Alutiiq village of Nanwalek lies on the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula, just ten miles southwest of Seldovia. Although Alutiiq people have lived in this region for thousands of years, the community of Nanwalek began as a Russian trading post, built by fur traders in […]