These masks, known for their distortion and asymmetry, are one of the oldest kinds of art in southwest Alaska.

The technology behind shades has changed over the centuries. From Inuit snow goggles to aviators to polarized sunglasses.

Now the Yupik, who straddle far east Russia and Alaska and are also known as Eskimos, are ‘dying off in complete silence’ after an ancestry dating back at least 5,000 years. Their home ...

Despite declining Native participation in the Iditarod, Indigenous representation remains strong in mid-distance races ...

One of the world’s oldest continuous communities is ‘breathing its last breath’ as some of its few remaining men die fighting for Russia more than 4,000 miles away in Ukraine. The Yupik are among the ...

A member of the Yupik Eskimo people who claimed asylum in the US after leaving her homeland in Arctic Russia spoke of an existential crisis. ‘There are three Eskimo villages in Russia with ar ...

Vera Metcalf, who is Siberian Yupik, grew up just a few dozen nautical ... 73, director of the Eskimo Walrus Commission. “They remember some of the songs we used to sing.” ...