When Molly travels around Alaska with her mother, she learns about Alaska Native traditional songs and dances. In another Alaska Native culture, Yup’ik dancers move their arms and bodies to illustrate ...
At the apex of dance stands -- en pointe -- "Swan Lake." "Nutcracker" may have more familiar music and "Don Quixote" the more spectacular leaps. But when most people think of ballet, lithe (and ...
For many Yup’ik dance groups in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, the pandemic limited their ability to gather together and perform traditional dance. Some groups are just beginning to dance together again ...
The Curyung Wolverine Dancers perform a blessing at Dillingham's 34th Blessing of the Fleet on June 17, 2023. (Corinne Smith/KDLG) The sun shone on a crowd of over 100 Dillingham residents, fishing ...
Lucy helps her grandfather, and her entire community, recall the traditional dance festivals that they used to enjoy before the outsiders came. Includes author's note on the history of traditional ...
The Bristol Bay Native Corporation is offering free Dena’ina and Yugtun, or Yup’ik, online language classes through early February. Sugt’stun/Alutiiq classes ended earlier this month. The Zoom classes ...
Illustrate your stories with a feathery dance fan called a Tegumiaq in the Yup’ik language Molly learns the Seal Dance when she visits a new friend. The Seal Dance is a traditional song and dance ...