NPR: native alaskan https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=503980915 native alaskan en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 27 May 2025 20:16:07 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: native alaskan https://www.npr.org/tags/503980915/native-alaskan The Conflicting Educations Of Sam Schimmel More than 50 years after the federal government forced hundreds of Alaska Natives into boarding schools, their descendants are haunted by — and trying to overcome —residual trauma. Wed, 30 May 2018 08:36:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/30/610384132/the-conflicting-educations-of-sam-schimmel https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/30/610384132/the-conflicting-educations-of-sam-schimmel

More than 50 years after the federal government forced hundreds of Alaska Natives into boarding schools, their descendants are haunted by — and trying to overcome —residual trauma.

]]> Rebecca Hersher Barrow, Alaska, Changes Its Name Back To Its Original 'Utqiagvik' The northernmost community in the U.S. has voted to officially restore its traditional Inupiaq name. Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:17:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/01/503979353/barrow-alaska-changes-its-name-back-to-its-original-utqiagvik https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/01/503979353/barrow-alaska-changes-its-name-back-to-its-original-utqiagvik The northernmost community in the U.S. has voted to officially restore its traditional Inupiaq name.

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