Alaska’s Polar Bear Co-Management Centered in Nome
Last week, the Alaska Nannut Co-Management Council (ANCC) officially opened its headquarters in Nome. The ANCC, which represents Alaska Native tribes and hunters that rely on polar bears for subsistence, was founded in 2017 by members of the public and supported by regional organizations, such as Kawerak and the North Slope Borough. The council’s board, […]
Following Their Summit of Denali, Hoogendorns to Address Elders and Youth
A pair of Nome brothers have been named the keynote speakers for this year’s Elders and Youth Conference, taking place next month in Fairbanks. Oliver Tusagvik and Wilson Mungnak Hoogendorn were the first to summit Denali this season back in May. The brothers, both in their early 20s, were featured on KTVA’s Frontiers with Rhonda McBride […]
Kingikmiut Festival Marks Twenty Years of Dance
The 20th annual Kingikmiut Dance Festival took place in August, with six dance groups attending. The festival has provided an opportunity for friends and family to reunite in Wales at least yearly since its inception in 1999.
ICC Focuses on Interdependence of Ecosystem in Food Sovereignty Summit
Over the course of three days, ICC members from the North Slope, Northwest Arctic, Bering Strait, and Yukon-Kuskokwim regions discussed topics ranging from ICC’s work on wildlife management to an existing co-management fisheries system in Canada.
Inuit Circumpolar Council Holds Summit in Nome on ‘Food Sovereignty’
The Inuit Circumpolar Council–Alaska (ICC–Alaska) is hosting a food sovereignty summit in Nome this week. The summit is an opportunity for Alaskan Inuit across the state to discuss issues of food access and management rights with respect to traditional food resources.
BSNC’s 2019 ‘Young Providers’ Are Fishers from Nome, Shaktoolik
Last Tuesday, the Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) announced the two winners of its 2019 Young Providers Award. Adelaine “Addy” Ahmasuk of Nome and Trevor Savetilik of Shaktoolik will be recognized for their “contribution[s] on a daily basis to the health and well-being of their families, communities and culture.”
Alaska Native Voices from WWII Are Focus of Historical Project
Dr. Holly Miowak Guise, an Inupiaq woman raised in Anchorage and Unalakleet, has spent years gathering oral histories of the World War II era from Alaska elders. The Alaska Native experience during the war, Dr. Guise says — an experience that was, for many, one of hardship and struggle — is a subject discussed very little in the school system.
A Day at Camp in Solomon
The week-long, 2019 Solomon Youth and Elder Camp serves as a backdrop for an Alaska Native community’s continued quest of reclaiming their status as a city.
With Art Exhibit, Former Nome Resident Addresses the ‘Collective Trauma’ of Indigenous Suicide
An exhibit currently at the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse, Canada, aims to open dialogue on the prevalence of suicide in the far north. Sonya Kelliher-Combs, from Nome and based in Anchorage, is the artist behind the display called “Goodbye.”
Nome Museum Exhibit Embraces Native Food Traditions, New and Old
A new exhibit at the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum, “Aging With Change,” showcases traditional native foods, differences in how they are prepared throughout the Bering Strait region, and the ways these traditions are evolving with time.