On June 25, 1887, Evangelical Covenant missionary A.E. Karlson arrived in St. Michael. In St. Michael, he happened to meet Nashoalook of Unalakleet, who spoke some English and Russian. Nashoalook,...
On June 25, 1887, Evangelical Covenant missionary A.E. Karlson arrived in St. Michael. In St. Michael, he happened to meet Nashoalook of Unalakleet, who spoke some English and Russian. Nashoalook,...
It was 20 years ago, during the summer of 1996, that caribou once again moved into the central area of the Seward Peninsula in large numbers. This extension of the...
The planning for communications projects seeking to traverse the North American Arctic and link communities with high-speed, global Internet access, brings to mind events that played out in the Bering...
Mesonga A. (Milligrock) Atkinson passed peacefully at home on Oct. 10, 2014 at the age of 75 years. Born in Nome in 1939, Atkinson moved soon thereafter to Anchorage. Upon...
Sinrock Mary overcame incredible personal hardship and discriminatory laws against women and Alaska Native people to become a successful business woman and one of the wealthiest women in Alaska. Born...
Teddy Sockpick was an ivory carver known for his scrimshaw miniatures of wildlife, landscapes, and subsistence activities. Born in 1907 in Wales, Sockpick later became the only survivor in his...
Alberta Schenck Adams was an Alaska Native woman from Nome who proved to be an early warrior for Alaska civil rights. One day in 1944 when she was 16 years...
Educator Emily “Ticasuk” Ivanoff Brown was dedicated to perpetuating Alaska Native languages and recording and passing on traditional Inupiaq oral history and knowledge. She was born in Unalakleet in 1904...