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The Village is a Daily News blog about life and politics in rural Alaska. Its main author is ADN reporter Kyle Hopkins. Come here for breaking news on village issues, plus interviews, videos and photos. But that's just part of the story. We want to feature your pictures, videos and stories, too. Think of The Village as your bulletin board. E-mail us anything you’d like to share with the rest of Alaska -- your letters to the editor, the photos of your latest hunt or video of your latest potlatch. (We love video.)

Kyle Hopkins

I was born in Sitka, have lived in Kake, Skagway and Fairbanks and joined the ADN in 2005 after writing for the Anchorage Press and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. I started blogging for the paper in 2006 with The Trail, our blog about the governor's race. Then came the Alaska Politics blog. Now I'm covering government and rural affairs and live in Anchorage with my wife, Rebecca. (Update: Our daughter Alice was born May 31. Thanks everyone for the suggestions.) E-mail me at khopkins@adn.com and find me on Twitter at twitter.com/ADNVillage.

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2011 AFN

Follow the progress and see the scenes from this year's Alaska Federation of Natives conference in Anchorage.

PHOTOS

2011 WEIO

The World Eskimo Indian Olympics took place at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.

PHOTOS

Summer in Barrow

Take a photo tour of the northernmost U.S. city during the summer when the sun is out almost the entire day.

READER-SUBMITTED PHOTOS

Life in Rural Alaska (PT 2)

Post your photos from the Bush and check out what others are sending in.

FWS video: Wolf versus salmon - 12/2/2011 11:41 am

Tribe bills Native corporation for $500,000 in 'taxes' - 12/1/2011 6:38 pm

Grade the state's new suicide prevention plan - 10/26/2011 2:38 pm

Quinhagak woman launching supply shop for Native artists - 10/21/2011 10:11 am

AFN proposals: Should Columbus Day be abolished? - 10/20/2011 10:10 am

Iditarod champion Baker: "I won’t pretend that living in rural Alaska isn’t difficult at times" - 10/19/2011 1:52 pm

Kids these days: Meet the teens of the Elders & Youth conference - 10/18/2011 6:36 pm

Murkowski to hold Senate hearing on suicide at AFN - 10/14/2011 4:13 pm

Send-off party today for Olympian Callan Chythlook-Sifsof

Callan Chythlook-Sifsof, No. 5, from Girdwood competes in the 10th annual ESPN Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo., in 2006.Callan Chythlook-Sifsof, No. 5, from Girdwood competes in the 10th annual ESPN Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo., in 2006.

Wanna meet Olympian Callan Chythlook-Sifsof and wish her luck in the 2010 winter games?

There's a send-off party for the snowboarder from to 4:30 to 7 p.m. today at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium building. (4000 Ambassador Drive, next to ANMC.)

Chythlook-Sifsof is believed to be the first Alaska Native to compete on an Olympic team.

You can also make donations to Callan’s Olympic Donation Fund, account No 2476745464, at any Wells Fargo branch or online at wellsfargo.com to help her compete in the Olympics, according to Amy Sparck Dobmeier of ArXotica, Inc., one of Chythlook-Sifsof’s sponsors.

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