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“It was pretty old and run down and not level,” she said.With some financial help, the group fixed that. Through funding from the Northwest Arctic Borough and the mining company Teck’s Village Improvement Fund, Jeanne said OPT-in was able to renovate the old building, add a new furnace and water heater, accessible shower, new roof and cafeteria-style kitchen.
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About 300 people packed into the bleachers at June Nelson Elementary School on a Friday afternoon — a mix of students and teachers with a few graduates who are now in their thirties. Resting on a table in front of Assistant Principal Corey Shepherd, there was a three-foot-tall metal cylinder.
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Ilakucaraq is in its third year. The program has several components, but its primary goal is for Alaska Native students to learn about other cultures and communities in the state.
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District officials first proposed eliminating more than a dozen teaching and administrative positions and slashing travel and professional development for staff. They also decided to forgo new software and supplies.
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“There's a lot of barriers related to cost: to start up, to infrastructure, workforce training to be able to pay enough to be able to attract workers,” said Laura Norton-Cruz. “These issues are affecting urban Alaska but even more so in rural communities.”
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Principal Faith Jurs says all grade levels will see a boost in Iñupiaq content under the new curriculum.
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For one Iñupiaq woman, hearing the words doctor next to her name was emotional: Her response to passing her dissertation defense went viral this month after hundreds of thousands of people watched her reaction.
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Wilfried Kuugauraq Zibell said he applied for the Rhodes Scholarship because he wanted to continue his studies of cultural displacement and efforts to revitalize culture.
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The lawsuit says students in Nuiqsut made racist threats in a classroom setting in 2017, and students were not appropriately disciplined.
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Kaktovik’s mayor says the first priority is restoring a sense of normalcy for the students as they resume classes. The community plans to rebuild the school, but the timeline is still unknown.