Alaska video and audio blog. This vlog expose' depicts the cultural life and times in rural Alaska relating rural issues and trends. All observations collected by the people who live here in Alaska. alaska rural education culture sport politics vlog blog weblog video audio vodcasting podcastingnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:29:02 -0800Blogger http://www.blogger.com13125http://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/en-ushttp://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/2007/08/healing-journey-on-yukon-river.htmlathabascan canadayupik alaska Yukon KuskokwimTue, 21 Aug 2007 16:54:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386448.post-1452818580851481441Yukon River Healing Journey to Begin on June 22 Opening Ceremony Hosted by Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation in Moosehide, Yukon Territory1,500 mile canoe journey aims to unite cultures, protect environment, and address climate change concerns.LINK TO: YRITWC HOME/WEB PAGEAt 1 pm on June 22, 2007, the Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation will host opening ceremonies at Moosehide, Yukon Territory, to 1noreply@blogger.com (Martin Leonard III)http://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/2007/08/tribute-to-miisaq.htmlqayaq kayak frank andrew miisaq bethel kuskokwim yupik dance camai art ayaprunyupik alaska iraq nationalguard Yukon KuskokwimTue, 21 Aug 2007 16:48:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386448.post-8507223605277659346A Tribute to Miisaq Frank Andrew who passed away this April, 2006. One of the last of the GREAT Kayak masters...Miisaq's legacy lives on!____________________Slide-show Miisaq's 'Angyaq Revived'Music: Aerial Boundaries, Michael Hedges_____________________REPRINTED FROM: Anchorage Daily News Yup'ik elder who revived vanished art of kayak making dies at 89FRANK ANDREW: A man with a powerful 0noreply@blogger.com (Martin Leonard III)http://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/2007/06/eskimo-dancing-yupik-yuraq.htmlbethel kuskokwim yupik dance camai art ayaprunyupik alaska iraq nationalguard Yukon KuskokwimSun, 3 Jun 2007 17:58:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386448.post-5826675182979497988Yupik Eskimo Dancing by K and 1st grade classes at the Yupik Immersion School. Students presenting at the Camai Dance festival, Bethel Alaska, 2007.0noreply@blogger.com (Martin Leonard III)http://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/2007/03/fish-camp-essentialssubsistence-is-way.htmlbethel kuskokwim yupik dance camai art ayaprunyupik alaska iraq nationalguard Yukon KuskokwimSun, 18 Mar 2007 17:26:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386448.post-111119585140838550Journey with the 5 year old twins, Mian'aq and Nuq'aq Alexie-Leonard, to the Tuntutuliak traditional fishcamp...take a tour to the Kuskokwim River and expose yourself to:Fish Camp EssentialsNuq and Mian at Mekoryuk Harbor, Nunivak IslandVIDEO ARCHIVES (flash video)To Fish Camp...Nuq and Mian along withvideographer Skip Snaith head 20 miles downriver from the hub community of Bethel to Katie and 2noreply@blogger.com (Martin Leonard III)http://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/2006/12/yupik-eskimos-longing.htmlyupik alaska iraq nationalguard Yukon KuskokwimSat, 16 Dec 2006 18:58:00 -0900tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386448.post-4394993799143686698Yupik Eskimos long for a taste of Alaska at Kuwait's By Megan McCloskey, Stars and StripesMideast edition, Monday, December 11, 2006CAMP VIRGINIA, Kuwait — Filet of seal. Marinated moose. Boiled walrus.These items aren’t likely to show up on the menu at the local dining facility in Kuwait.So when Sgt. 1st Class Francis Uttereyuk got a care package last week from Alaska with caribou jerky, he was noreply@blogger.com (Martin Leonard III)http://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/2006/12/nunivak-kayaks.htmlMon, 11 Dec 2006 12:35:00 -0900tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386448.post-1631845580992008355From the desktop of VideoGrapher, Skip Snaith0noreply@blogger.com (Martin Leonard III)http://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/2006/05/manaqing.htmlbethel kuskokwim yupik dance camai art ayaprunyupik alaska iraq nationalguard Yukon KuskokwimTue, 2 May 2006 15:47:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386448.post-114661376387551536Travel with 'the twins...five year old Nuq and Mian travel down the Kuskokwim to Tuntutuliak Fishcamp for spring-time ice fishing...catching Pike and enjoying the spring-time weather.Boys travel about 20 miles with a snow-machine to where the Johnson River flows into the main channel of the Kuskokwim. Trails are hard snow pack, temperature ~20dF ambient and the sun is shining.Holes are drilled in1noreply@blogger.com (Martin Leonard III)http://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/2006/03/alaska-village.htmlTue, 14 Mar 2006 10:01:00 -0900tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386448.post-114236328275829339Rural Alaska...often misunderstood, more often misrepresented!Here are some tidbits, commonplace village happenings and ways of life.Photos from Eek, at the mouth of the Kuskokwim RiverVillage TransportationIt's not as easy as 'get in your car and go'...first, no roads, second few cars...so here are some of the options and ceative solutions to 'getting around' rural Alaska!Fat BikesThe Village 1noreply@blogger.com (Martin Leonard III)http://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/2005/12/angyaq-construction-project-nash.htmlbethel kuskokwim yupik dance camai art ayaprunyupik alaska iraq nationalguard Yukon KuskokwimSat, 10 Dec 2005 19:17:00 -0900tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386448.post-113427496196861259Skip Snaith, the staff and students at Nash Harbor Science and Technology Camp created this magnificent boat. Not only was it a work of art but it became the primary work boat for the Nash Harbor Camp. The boat was constructed out of yellow cedar, complete with plywood flooring and a Dyson Baidarka nylon skin covering. The boat is both hand tied with some traditional brass fittings and rivet 0noreply@blogger.com (Martin Leonard III)http://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/2005/10/nunivak-island.htmlTue, 25 Oct 2005 10:33:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386448.post-113026741895488849Nunivak Island Summer Science Field Study student, Danica Broerman, presents a project on the tradtional nature and uses of 'roseroot'. The plant found in abundance on the Bering Sea - Nunivak Island. Summer 2005 field season!<a><img></a>Nunivak Summer, photos and videos of the Summer Field 2005/06 with historic photos from the0noreply@blogger.com (Martin Leonard III)http://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/2005/03/kwigillingok-angyaq.htmlFri, 18 Mar 2005 00:32:00 -0900tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386448.post-111113936894106939http://www.qayanek.com/The small community of Kwigillingok lies on the west side of the Kuskokwim Bay. It is home to a quiet renaissance in traditional boat-building and associated traditional technologies.The effort is lead by patriarch Elder Frank Misaaq Andrew. While the community is prominently known for it's long tradition and knowledge-base surrounding traditional qayaq construction, an old0noreply@blogger.com (Martin Leonard III)http://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/2005/03/sunday-morningkyuk-radio-bethel.htmlMon, 14 Mar 2005 10:09:00 -0900tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386448.post-111082804826423274Sunday morning radio with KYUK radio, Bethel, Alaska...Peter Twitchell host...gospel music from Yupik country! The quality of audio is questionable...we're working at improving the interface.0noreply@blogger.com (Martin Leonard III)http://alaskaexposedculture.blogspot.com/2005/03/edward-curtis-nunivak-island.htmlbethel kuskokwim yupik dance camai art ayaprunyupik alaska iraq nationalguard Yukon KuskokwimFri, 11 Mar 2005 16:00:00 -0900tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386448.post-111058939255306625Edward CurtisThe North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis is one of the most significant and controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced. Issued in a limited edition from 1907-1930, the publication continues to exert a major influence on the image of Indians in popular culture. Curtis said he wanted to document "the old time Indian, his dress, his 2noreply@blogger.com (Martin Leonard III)