Thursday, February 15, 2024

Belugas – Buckland (AK) School

You know, caviar? Kind of whale? Er, funny name? 

Buckland is in Alaska, in the middle of absolute nowhere.

It has only 550 people, mostly Inupiak. And, yes, they do hunt beluga.

Buckland School, which goes from kindergarten to 12th grade, has 270 students (half the town!), 96% of them being Native Alaskans. The school was built in 2002, and is the biggest building in town by far.

Really hard to find anything on the actual sports teams. Well, here’s proof that they exist at least:

It does seem, though, that the only team may be girls basketball.

They’re the ones in white and baby blue. 

Interestingly, there seem to be only 3 teams in their league – Buckland, Kiana, and the elbows-on-the-keyboard classic Napaaqutgmiut.


No comments:

Post a Comment