In 1955, Siberian Yupik Eskimos, who were Alaska National Guard members, rescued a Navy plane shot down by Russian jets over St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Strait. Now, a surviving guardsmen and ...

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin routinely notes her husband's Yup'ik Eskimo roots. But those connections haven't erased doubts about her in a community long slighted by the white ...

Kuskokwim country song (in English) -- Instrumental -- Ak'a tang cuqcurlim (Wildwood little girl) -- Qucillgaankuk (Story of Mr. and Mrs. Crane) -- Yup'ik song (Eskimo love call) -- Kayurrlugaq (Story ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — He could be considered the Justin Bieber of Alaska. Teen Internet sensation Byron Nicholai is a Yup'ik Eskimo from Toksook (TUCK'-sook) Bay, a tiny community on Nelson Island ...