Yup’ik Immersion School Program in Alaska Opens Doors to Cultural Connection

Growing up in Bethel, Alaska, Amber Arnaqulluk Shields spoke Yup’ik from a very young age. Whenever she wasn’t in school, her parents sent her to their ancestral home in Toksook Bay to spend time with grandparents who spoke no English. Speaking Yu’pik at home had always been a priority for her family, and so when Shields had her kids, whom she is raising in Anchorage, Alaska…

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