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Growing the Cultural Connections ProgramHONOLULU – The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement’s Cultural Connections Program has grown in popularity as more and more visitors become engaged in learning about Hawaii’s culture, history, language and practices. Read more » More Alaska / Hawaii Stories
Native dancing ban lifted in Alaska village
 NOORVIK, Alaska – Bobby Wells has lived all his life in this remote Alaska village, where the Eskimo dancing of his ancestors was banned by Quaker missionaries a century ago as primitive idolatry. Read more » Settlement in Yup’ik language voter assistance case reachedANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska Attorney General’s Office recently joined the Native American Rights Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Northern Justice Project, four Alaska Native elders and four tribal governments in announcing a settlement of litigation in Nick, et al. v. Bethel, et al. According to the settlement, the state of Alaska will make enhancements to language assistance for Yup’ik-speaking voters available at elections in the Bethel area. Read more » Southeast Native Alaska radio station to launchJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – A new online radio station will give voice to the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures in southeast Alaska. Read more » |
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