Cordova Ikumat Dance Group performs at Quyana Alaska
The Cordova Ikumat Dance Group was in the spotlight in Anchorage on Oct. 18, as one of more than a dozen Native dance groups performing during two days of Quyana Alaska.Native dance groups from across the state gathered at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage Oct. 18 and 19, to offer evening performances for thousands of visitors there for the...
Getting out the vote
Nick Carltikoff, of Nondalton, helped hand out dozens of small buckets at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage, urging the state’s Native population to vote in the general election on Nov. 6.Carltikoff said he helped to start the Spirit Camp in Cordova, as an employee of Chugach Alaska Corp., and worked at the Spirit Camp for 23...
Wind storm sends 100-foot boat adrift and marina building to the ground
A wind storm with gusts hitting nearly 100 miles an hour beat down on Cordova on Oct. 23, setting the anchored Polar Bear adrift, damaging structures and trees, and sending debris flying everywhere.In the height of it all, the Polar Bear, a roughly 100-foot long retired fish processor anchored outside of the breakwater broke loose and drifted quickly down...
Culture Week engages, inspires Mt. Eccles students
On the final day of this year’s Indigenous People’s Culture Week at Mt. Eccles Elementary school, elder Bob Ladd told a story first shared with him by an uncle who grew up in the village of Nuchek on Hinchinbrook Island.In 1918, the flu epidemic forced the residents of Nuchek and many other neighboring villages to move to Cordova. Ladd...
Views east of Cordova
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Fishing Families Workshop in Cordova
Marysia Szymkowiak, a social scientist with the NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center, hosted a Fishing Families Workshop at the Cordova Center in Cordova to learn more about what issues are most important to fishing families on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018.
Fast Ferry Volleyball Tournament kickstarts school year
The 10th annual Fast Ferry Volleyball Tournament took place in Cordova this year, providing an opportunity to break in the newly renovated Cordova Jr./Sr. High School gym floor to serious athletic competition.The tournament was also the first athletics function for Cordova School District’s new activities and athletics director, Kayti Ammerman.“Watching our girls play volleyball and realizing all of the...
