Education Department Intervenes in Yupiit District
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
The state Education Department is intervening to help the poorest-performing school district in the state. The Yupiit district, serves about...
Traditional Healing on Tudor
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
Tucked along the south side of Southcentral Foundation’s complex of modern medical facilities is the traditional healing garden. Even with...
Rural High School Students Take Wing
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
A unique program is getting started next month to help high school students in rural Alaska find success with post...
Alaska Native Staffers Keep Senators on Top of Everything
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Alaska’s Congressional offices in Washington have to be “in the know” on a huge range of topics and issues. ...
Alaska News Nightly: June 25, 2010
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Inside a Noorvik Fish Camp
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Fish camps are all about family. After taking a look across the Kobuk River from the village of...
Visitors Experience Alaska Totem Carving
Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage
A longstanding hallmark of the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage is that visitors are treated to culture “in action.” ...
National Congress of American Indians Top Native Education Goals – Part II
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Juneau’s Jaqueline Johnson-Pata has risen in her career to run the National Congress of American Indians in Washington DC. ...
Pata Fights for Native American Issues – Part I
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Jacqueline Johnson-Pata runs one of the most prominent Native American organizations in the country from Washington DC, but her...
Senate Looks to Rewrite Education Act
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
US Senators say the Bush-era “No Child Left Behind” education law failed Alaska Natives and Native Americans. The Senate...
Number of Alaska Native Health Professionals Growing
Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage
A transformation is quietly taking place in rural Alaska and at Anchorage’s Native Medical campus. More and more of the...
Air, Soil and Water Contaminants to be Identified in Bering Strait Region
Laureli Kinneen, KNOM – Nome
Folks in the Bering Strait region will have a chance to find out what contaminants might be in the water,...
Sitka Principal is Educational Leader
Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka
The new principal at Sitka High School didn’t always dream of being an education leader. But that’s how it...
Talk of Alaska: Library Closings
All over the country cash-strapped local governments are closing libraries or reducing library services.
Does the Internet really replace a library?
In rural Alaska a public...
“Man Ahead of Us” May Be Key to Past
Matt Miller, KTOO – Juneau
There’s no apparent relationship between a man who lived on Prince of Wales Island 10,300 years ago and present day...
Anchorage Edition: June 4, 2010
Each week, KAKM gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics for this week...
Native Youth Pick Up Traditional Knowledge
Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage
The traditional summer for Alaska Native youth centers on the family fish camp and a chance to absorb culture and...
Gottlieb Took Unlikely Road to Success
Southcentral Foundation President Katherine Gottlieb took an unlikely path to success. She’s now in charge of providing health care services to nearly 60,000...
Bethel Immersion School Prepares for Transition
The Yup’ik Immersion School in Bethel held a graduation ceremony for sixth graders last week. The students will now move to classes where...
Aaron Leggett Promotes Dena’ina Knowledge in Anchorage
It’s hard to reconcile Aaron Leggett’s 28-year-old boyish features with his job as cultural historian – a title that more easily conjures a craggy-faced...