2004-08-29 04:00:00 PDT Gambell , Alaska-- When it became clear that the elders in this isolated Eskimo village on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea approved of the marriage, Clifford Apatiki ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A remote Eskimo village on a tundra-covered island in western Alaska is hoping to counter its steep unemployment rate and achieve greater self-sufficiency through one of its ...

Editor's note: This is the final story of a three-part series chronicling the life and suicide of Mike Weyapuk and the unsettling past of his Inupiat Eskimo village of Wales, Alaska. You can find ...

In many ways, it`s still an Eskimo village. But the change is obvious when noontime rolls around and Akpik announces: ”We go to lunch at Pepe`s. Lunch is very important.” Implausible as it ...

Rising sea levels have eroded an Inupiat Eskimo village for decades. Now, residents of Shishmaref, Alaska, have officially voted to relocate. The island community, located near the Bering Strait ...

The Reindeer Messenger Festival is among the newest events in the Cup’ig Eskimo village of Mekoryuk–and one based on an ancient tradition resurrected by residents after decades of suppression.

In Saturday's "Wall Street Journal," Russell Gold chronicles Shungnak, Alaska, a remote Eskimo village in the heart of America’s biggest oil field discovery in the past half century. Dog sleds ...

“I was in an Eskimo village and a kid came out and said I hear you're coaching the Lakers next year,” Jackson said via the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A school in a remote Eskimo village caught fire Thursday and the blaze quickly grew out of control, engulfing several homes and buildings and forcing 250 people to flee.

As a result, the tiny Iñupiat Eskimo village of Kaktovik on Barter Island – just off Alaska’s frigid north coast – is fast becoming the polar bear capital of the United States. The ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A remote Eskimo village on a tundra-covered island in western Alaska is hoping to counter its steep unemployment rate and achieve greater self-sufficiency through one of ...