Displaced Alaska Native children find familiarity in an uncommon program, in photos
Nov 14, 2025, 11:52 PM
Evacuee children displaced by ex-Typhoon Halong wait in the lobby of their temporary hotel housing for a bus to take them to College Gate Elementary, where students spend half their time learning in Yup'ik language immersion, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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(AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An immersion program that helps preserve an Alaska Native language has been a boon to children displaced by last month’s severe flooding in western Alaska.
After Typhoon Halong devastated two Yup’ik villages along the Bering Sea last month, many residents were airlifted to Anchorage. Principal Darrell Berntsen welcomed them to his school, which offers a Yup’ik immersion program.
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