Displaced Alaska Native children find familiarity in an uncommon program, in photos

ANCHORAGE Alaska AP An immersion initiative that helps preserve an Alaska Native language has been a boon to children displaced by last month s severe flooding in western Alaska After Typhoon Halong devastated two Yup ik villages along the Bering Sea last month a great number of residents were airlifted to Anchorage Principal Darrell Berntsen welcomed them to his school which offers a Yup ik immersion scheme This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors Source