Ossie Kairaiuak of Chefarnrmute helps Paula McManus, right, of Tununak, with her Yupik drum during a class for 28 teachers from Alaska on Thursday...
...Yup'ik and African-American parenlage. Phillip's wife, Karina Moller is a Greenlandic Eskimo. Their cousin Ossie Kairaiuak is a Yup'ik from the village of Chefornak, about 90 miles southwest of Bethel. Together, they reinterpret the...
...Yup'ik and African-American parenlage. Phillip's wife, Karina Moller is a Greenlandic Eskimo. Their cousin Ossie Kairaiuak is a Yup'ik from the village of Chefornak, about 90 miles southwest of Bethel. Together, they reinterpret the...
...in the lobby, negotiating a future gig, when they got word. "I opened the door and saw Karina (Moeller) and Ossie (Kairaiuak) on stage, and everyone was laughing," Phillip Blanchett said of his band mates. "I did our seal call - Woohoo...
...the museum is offering a free Yup'ik Traditions Family Festival from 12 noon to 3 p.m. and will be led by "Ossie" Kairaiuak, a Yupik Eskimo raised in the subsistence village of Chefornak, Alaska. Kairaiuak is a member of the renowned...
...Pamyua as a duo while studying at the University of Alaska Anchorage in 1995. They soon recruited their cousin, Ossie Kairaiuak, a native of the Bering Sea village of Chefornak and a well-known drummer and drummaker throughout the state...
...in Anchorage. Pamyua, whose members include Blanchett and his brother Phillip, both from Bethel and Anchorage, Ossie Kairaiuak, originally from Chefornak on the Kuskokwim River, and Karina Mller, who is Inuit from Greenland, will be performing...
...contemporary rhythms and instruments. Members include Stephen and Phillip Blanchett, both from Bethel and Anchorage; Ossie Kairaiuak, originally from Chefornak on the Kuskokwim River; and Karina Mller, who is Inuit from Greenland. Q'orianka...
...in Anchorage. Pamyua, whose members include Blanchett and his brother Phillip, both from Bethel and Anchorage, Ossie Kairaiuak, originally from Chefornak on the Kuskokwim River, and Karina Mller, who is Inuit from Greenland, will be performing...
...Roy Agloinga to the Alaska Council on the Arts. They will be joined by new members William Tull and Aassanaaq "Ossie" Kairaiuak. Ferguson, of Fairbanks, has been a leader in Alaska community theater for more than 30 years, and is also active...
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