The life and suicide of a young man in the Inupiat village of Wales -- one of the most historical communities in Alaska -- reminds us of how much more we Alaskans must do to help our own.
For Mike Weyapuk, his short and tragic life in many ways tracked the horrific history and loss of his Bering Strait village of Wales, once one of the largest Native settlements in Alaska.
Tony Hopfinger
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May 24, 2012
Rural Alaska - News and Current Events on Rural Alaska
Seven years after 26-year-old Mike Weyapuk died at the far northwest corner of North America, his story and that of his Inupiat village of Wales are still emblematic of Alaska's most horrific problems.
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