Out in Alaska's Bering Sea, about 90 miles from Nome, sits a small, rocky island that used to be home to a couple of hundred Inupiat Eskimos. They lived in houses built on stilts, perched on rocky ...

The impact of these services has been profound. In 1969, our average life expectancy was just 34 years; today, we can expect to live to an average age of 77.

Every year, Inupiat men disappear for weeks, paddling sealskin canoes out to sea to harpoon bowhead whales and shoot them with torpedo-shaped bombs.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Inupiat community in far northern Alaska is mourning the deaths of two whale hunters who died when their boat capsized while they were towing a bowhead whale home to ...

The Inupiat culture is based around shared values, and in Wales, ... he says he’ll likely be stuck lighting cigarettes and handing sodas to the more experienced men.

The severe, serrated North Slope of Alaska lies 250 miles inside the Arctic Circle. Resilient Iñupiat communities aren’t the only reason to venture to this icy coastline — the ‘rooftop of ...

UIC Government Services and its Bowhead Family of Companies celebrate 25 years of excellence in August 2024. Known simply as Bowhead, the company is a top Alaska Native Company providing premier ...

An out-of-state company that provides support to defense and civilian government agencies across the globe has acquired veteran-owned defense support services firm Delta Solutions & Strategies in ...

Alaska Native group sues over Interior oil plan. By Niina H. Farah | 07/02/2024 06:35 AM EDT “If the administration would have meaningfully engaged with the North Slope Iñupiat, we would likely ...

NUIQSUT, Alaska (AP) — Though the weather outside was frightful, schoolchildren in the northern Alaska Inupiat community of Nuiqsut were so delighted for a visit by Santa that they braved wind ...

Kotzebue has a population of around 3,000 people. Grant Magdanz / SWNS. The price of milk was $12.69 per gallon, a carton of 18 eggs was $10.79, a 5-pound bag of flour was on sale for $12.99, a ...

Jodie Foster Dedicates Best Actress in a Limited Series Emmy to Northern Alaska’s Indigenous People. While accepting her first Emmy, the 'True Detective: Night Country' star thanked the Inupiat ...