Alaska Life

Meet the winner of the Yup’ik Spelling Bee

By Bob Hallinen
Updated: April 12, 2019 Published: April 15, 2018

The winner of the Yup’ik Spelling Bee for Beginners, Nurataaq (Mathias Phillip) from Tuluksak School, Yupiit School District, demonstrates the spelling skills that made him a champion Saturday at the Alaska Native Heritage Center.

Bob Hallinen

Bob Hallinen has been a photojournalist in Alaska since the 1980s and has traveled extensively all over the state. He retired from the ADN in November 2018 after 33 years at the newspaper.

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