Edited film shot by William Van Valin as leader of the John Wanamaker Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska for the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The film, that later toured in a film-lecture series ...

Alaskan Eskimos' significantly higher rates of fatty artery plaque than the general U.S. population may be due to unhealthy lifestyle habits, researchers report in Stroke: Journal of the American ...

July 10, 2008 — Despite eating a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids, Alaskan Eskimo are developing subclinical atherosclerosis at an early age, likely due in large part to heavy smoking, a new study ...

As mayor of Alaska’s oil-rich North Slope Borough, Edward Itta understands that developing the region’s energy resources can pay for better schools and much-needed infrastructure improvements.

ANCHORAGE — Eskimo subsistence hunters who depend on bowhead whales won’t be stopped by the International Whaling Commission’s decision to ban the hunts, Alaska’s only member of the House of ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A remote Eskimo village on a tundra-covered island in western Alaska is hoping to counter its steep unemployment rate and achieve greater self-sufficiency through one of its few ...

Confused about the word Eskimo? It's a commonly used term referring to the native peoples of Alaska and other Arctic regions, including Siberia, Canada and Greenland. It comes from a Central ...