As part of the UAF secondary teaching internship I will be going to Kiana, Alaska for one week! Myself and another intern will be spending some time observing and experiencing life and teaching in a rural village.
Kiana is a city located on the Kobuk River, which flows into the Hotham Inlet near Kotzebue. According to the 2008 U.S. Census it has a population of 403. The city name of Kiana means "a place where three rivers meet." The Northwest Arctic School District's website says:
"It was settled hundreds of years ago as the main village of the Kobuk River's Kowagmiut Iñupiat Eskimos. In 1909, it became a supply center for mines along the Squirrel River. Prior to the formation of the Northwest Arctic Borough in 1976, the Bureau of Indian Affairs high school taught students from Noatak, Shungnak, and Ambler, who boarded with local residents."
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