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An uncommon program helps children displaced by flooding that devastated Alaska villages
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Rayann Martin, a 10-year-old displaced from the village of Kipnuk by ex-Typhoon Halong, left, talks with new classmate Lilly Loewen, 10, right, as they work in the Yup'ik language at College Gate Elementary, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. - photo by AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rayann Martin sat in a classroom hundreds of miles from her devastated Alaska Native village and held up 10 fingers when the teacher asked the pupils how old they were. “Ten — how do you say 10 in Yup'ik?” the teacher asked. “Qula!” the students answered in unison.