For Native Alaskans, Tradition Is Yielding to Modern Customs
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Centuries-old traditions in Gambell, a village of 700, have been slipping away, as one of the most remote villages on earth finally contends with the modern world.
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Science & environment: Up and down the country ice rinks are brimming but skate use was very different nearly 4,000 years ago
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Centuries before federal nutritional guidelines told Americans how to eat healthfully, the Karuk Indians had figured it out.
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In some places, holiday givers are coming up with creative alternatives this season.
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For the Acoma tribe in New Mexico, the Dallas Cowboys connect a community fighting to maintain ancient traditions while adapting to the modern world.
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Villagers from far-flung Eskimo communities where alcohol is banned regularly pour into this old Gold Rush town and its many bars and liquor stores &#151; not just to drink, but to get plastered.
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Picture Alaska and most people in the Lower 48 think abundant forests, picturesque bears, frosted tundra and perhaps the odd salmon.
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Old-timers grumble that modern conveniences are robbing Alaska of its status as the last frontier. But try telling that to the state's lawmakers as they make their annual journey to the most inaccessible capital in North America.
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The opening of the National Museum of the American Indian yesterday was both a celebration and a reminder of past and continuing injustices against Native American people.
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There is a growing appreciation among the federal authorities for the American Indian art of tracking.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.
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Across the country, Americans are giving in familiar ways, but with plenty of new twists.
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When Aroon Roy Padharia gathers today with family and friends for Thanksgiving dinner, the cuisine will be authentically Indian, with the same preparation methods and recipes that he loves from his native land.
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When it comes to spending the holiday season abroad, many foreigners are excited to participate in the customs of their host country.
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By Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Dec. 13--Thousands of people in Kodiak and other Alaska communities might lose their right to subsistence hunting and fishing under federal law.   If that happens, many say, they'll lose a way of life.
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Listening to enigmatic  Koryak-language songs and eating traditional salmon soup and  cutlets in this village, it is easy to imagine indigenous  cultures still thrive on Russia&#39;s Kamchatka peninsula.
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Thanks to the islandâs variety of different habitats, Kodiak was again a rewarding place for people who participated in the annual Christmas Bird Count, Saturday.