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The phrase that sparked a controversy and a new round of conversations about what the word “Eskimo” means to Alaska Natives. Download Audio. After Alaska Airlines unveiled a new look for their ...
The Eskimo face first appeared on the tails of Alaska Airlines' airplanes in 1972. Back then the company had a four-logo paint scheme that included a totem pole, a gold miner, Russian spires (to ...
In 1918, a flu epidemic decimated the Alaska village of Wales, explaining many of its troubles today. Mike Weyapuk knew the history, but he faced his own problems to the end.
This Oscar-winning film from the 1950s shows daily life in a northern Alaskan community, as it was then. A lot has changed since.
Whaling officials on Friday rejected a U.S. request to allow Alaskan Eskimos to hunt whales, threatening a tradition dating back thousands of years that still feeds many Eskimos. The decision at ...
"When a lead dog of a sled team grows old, the Eskimos shoot him," an Alaskan had warned grimly. And though he still begins his day at 6 a.m. with 30 minutes of calisthenics and an icy ...
A dessert made with… fish? 04:08 More than 400 miles from Anchorage, the only way to get to Bethel, Alaska, is by boat or plane. In the remote city, travel is still an obstacle: The main road is ...
Alaskan Eskimo participants of the Alaska Siberia Project had a significantly lower proportion of total overweight (BMI≥25, 54.9% for women, and 32.0% for men) ...