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The community, known as Tikigaq in Inupiaq, is laid out in a treeless grid around the Tikigaq School — "Home of the Harpooners." The local cemetery is surrounded by a fence made of whale bones stuck upright in the tundra, and remnants of prehistoric sod-house villages sit nearby.
A 16-year-old teenager is charged with carrying out a deadly shooting spree in a remote Alaskan community that killed two individuals and caused severe injuries to two others.
A shooting that left two dead and two others severely injured has stunned a tiny Alaska Native whaling village above the Arctic Circle, where parents were told they could keep their children home from school Tuesday to hug them.
A shooting that killed two adults and severely wounded two others has stunned a tiny Alaska Native whaling village above the Arctic Circle, where parents were told they could keep their children home from school Tuesday to hug them. A 16-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with two counts each of first-degree murder and attempted murder in the late Sunday shooting in Point Hope, a remote Inupiat whaling community on Alaska’s northwest coast, bordering the Chukchi Sea.
This is the first in a series of five stories that explores the community dynamics around sexual assault in Nome and efforts to heal long-standing unequal treatment. This story features sensitive subject matter. Listener discretion is advised. If you need to talk with someone while reading this, or need help, here are some resources. Bering Sea Women’s Group: (907) 443-5444; Toll Free: 1-800-570-5444. Behavioral Health Services at the Norton Sound Health Corporation: (907) 443-3344, emergency number: 443-3200. STAR Alaska: (907) 276-72...