Tag: writing
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Opinion: Anchorage is failing Alaska Native women who go missing
I am a new resident to Anchorage, having moved here in June 2024 from Unalakleet, my beloved home community. I am Inupiaq and Yup’ik and have done my best to raise my children to be proud of who they are and where they come from. Living in Anchorage and raising a young Alaska Native son…
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Bringing the best of home
“Uvlaalautaq, Mr. Crawford,” my son Henning said as he shook his first grade teacher’s hand at the door before the school day began. “What did you say?” the teacher asked. “Uvlaalautaq,” Henning said and went into his classroom to hang his jacket and backpack. His teacher looked at me. “He said ‘uvlaalautaq.’ It means ‘good…
laureli ivanoff 