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One of the world’s oldest continuous communities is ‘breathing its last breath’ as some of its few remaining men die fighting for Russia more than 4,000 miles away in Ukraine. The Yupik are ...
The Yup'ik people of St. Mary's, Alaska, ... It was fun, but it is kinda scary. But we're being cautious and we at least did a little something for our community.
The Yup’ik people are related to the Inuit peoples who live in territories across Alaska, northern Canada, ... but otherwise had relatively little effect on Yup’ik life.
The Yupik people hunted sea mammals especially seals, walrus, and, until the latter half of the 19th century, whales. Hunting methods included harpooning from shore or boats, spearing animals in ...
Former All Things Considered commentator John Active has died at 69. He was a Yup'ik language storyteller in Bethel, Alaska. His efforts helped keep the indigenous language alive.
It was a cold time, in the Little Ice Age, and the people were dealing with climate change then as now. ... an Alaska-based cultural anthropologist who has worked with Yup'ik people for 40 years.
In each namesake a little part of Andy will live on. A Yup'ik never really dies. ... and a mission that has changed the way many Yup'ik people understand themselves. I met Andy in 1980.
At a site near the Southwest Alaska village of Quinhagak archaeologists are racing against time to uncover Yup’ik artifacts before the effects of climate change cause them to erode into the sea.
Paul John and more than a dozen other Yup'ik people traveled thousands of miles for the opening of the exhibit, "Yuungnaqpiallerput (The Way We Genuinely Live): Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and ...
The Yup'ik people of St. Mary's, Alaska, are working to save their village from fire KYUK | By Olivia Ebertz Published June 13, 2022 at 5:00 AM EDT ...
The Yup'ik people of St. Mary's, Alaska, are working to save their village from fire ... But we're being cautious and we at least did a little something for our community.