Census officials say Toksook Bay was selected to be the place where the first Americans are counted in 2020 because the majority of the village is Alaska Native – about 94% of residents are Yup ...

While most of the country waits to take part in the once-a-decade head count of the U.S. population, the residents of Toksook Bay, Alaska — home to members of the Nunakauyarmiut Tribe — are ...

(Valerie Kern/Alaska Public Media) Nelson Island School is the only school in Toksook Bay, a Yup'ik village of roughly 650 people, about 115 miles northwest of Bethel. About 170 students attend ...

The tradition is set to continue with the 2020 census, which is kicking off next Jan. 21 in southwest Alaska's Toksook Bay. The small village on the Bering Sea has been selected as the first ...

TOKSOOK BAY — Lizzie Chimiugak has lived for 90 years in windswept Western Alaska, born to a nomadic family who lived in mud homes and followed where the good hunting and fishing led.

TOKSOOK BAY, Alaska — There are no restaurants in Toksook Bay, Alaska. No motels or movie theater, either. There also aren’t any factories. Or roads. But the first Americans to be counted in ...

The first census tabulations for 2020 begin on Tuesday in Toksook Bay, Alaska.Credit...Joshua Corbett for The New York Times Supported by By Emily Schwing and Mike Baker TOKSOOK BAY, Alaska ...

Abraham Julius left Anchorage’s Alaska Airlines Center on Saturday barely able to muster a whisper. But the Toksook Bay senior also walked out of the building a state champion. For the second ...

BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Toksook Bay is listening to its own radio station, 91.9 FM, because the principal at the Nelson Island School put a low-power radio station on the air. Principal Michael ...

Health Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports in Toksook Bay, Alaska. Somehow sesame chicken is never going to be quite the same … and it’s all because of Alaska. Trust me. Our health unit ...

Census officials say Toksook Bay was selected to be the place where the first Americans are counted in 2020 because the majority of the village is Alaska Native – about 94% of residents are Yup ...

Census officials say Toksook Bay was selected to be the place where the first Americans are counted in 2020 because the majority of the village is Alaska Native – about 94% of residents are Yup ...