First Alaskans Magazine - August/September 2010

August/September 2010 Issue

On the Web

	DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING Helvi Sandvik of NANA makes business make sense Outside, in state. by Rob Stapleton

	DELIVERING BYPASS Villages vie for improvements by acquiring mail service privileges. by Alex DeMarban

	SCHOOL OF FISH Company teaches village to care for catch all the way to market. by Margaret Bauman

	RELATED LEARNING Members of the Angaiak family take higher education to new levels. by Rose Cox

	WHOSE LAND? Sealaska's pursuit of property through ANCSA proves divisive. by Steve Quinn

FROM THE EDITOR - Fighting racism with fresh ideas

In the Magazine

RIVER LIFE
Barges, tugs keep ebb and flow of goods on even keel.

WAYS OF PROGRESS
Evelyn Thomas helps Crooked Creek down straight, narrow paths.

WHAT CAN BROWN DO?
Carrie Irwin Brown builds care community at Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation.

ARCTIC OIL AND WATER
Work in state, abroad tests abilities to deal with spill.

ELDER TALES
Fish splitting table

BEYOND THE ROAD
Seldovia as a greater destination

BEFORE IT’S GONE
Keeping 'Yuk to Yuk' on the air

BUSH TOUGH
Carving around the globe

HEALTH
Expanding care for trauma

BOOK
'Purely Alaskan' essays from Arctic

STANDOUT STUDENT
Rexford is class act at WEIO, elsewhere