Hartford Courant

Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint

KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife ...
Medicine Buffalo

UB biologist returns ‘Young Lady in Cave’ remains to Alaskan tribe

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Charlotte Lindqvist is used to handling ancient DNA. An evolutionary biologist at the University at Buffalo, she’s extracted genetic information from the tooth of a Paleolithic-era ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska Native woman believed slain by serial killer Brian Smith declared homicide victim

Michael Livingston, an MMIP advocate and Marcella Boskofsky-Grounds prepare to question witnesses in the presumptive death hearing for Cassandra Boskofsky. (Rhonda McBride/KNBA) Presumptive death ...
USA Today

‘A gift beyond words’: Alaska Native woman shares life after lung transplant

Ginny Fagerstrom, born and raised in Nome, Alaska, describes herself as part of a community of “Inupiaq grandmas and Gold Rush grandpas.” Her life has been defined by family, friendship and community, ...
National Catholic Reporter

Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint

It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife of an Orthodox Christian ...