One of the world’s oldest continuous communities is ‘breathing its last breath’ as some of its few remaining men die fighting for Russia more than 4,000 miles away in Ukraine. The Yupik are ...

Yup'ik masks vary dramatically in size and shape, anthropologist Dorothy Jean Ray wrote in her 1967 book "Eskimo Masks: Art and Ceremony," with some as small as 6 inches (15 centimeters ...

Now the Yupik, who straddle far east Russia and Alaska and are also known as Eskimos, are ‘dying off in complete silence’ ...