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  • Protesters stand in front of the Anchorage Police Department carrying signs calling for Ian Calhoun's arrest.
    Photo courtesy of Antonia Commack.
    The national media dubbed the case the “Memory Card Murders,” because of the gruesome video Brian Smith recorded of his killings. During the trial, prosecutors raised another troubling possibility – that Smith had allegedly confided in others about his crime, including an Anchorage musician named Ian Calhoun. Activists have staged several protests, calling for Calhoun’s arrest.
  • Leif Richards is in the 11th grade and an NYO team captain at Thunder Mountain High School. He is doing the One-Foot High Kick on the Santa Clara Pueblo Indian Reservation.
    Photo courtesy of Kyle Worl.
    Interest in Arctic sports, also known as Native Youth Olympics, is growing all over the world in Arctic nations beyond Alaska and Northern Canada. NYO advocates have pushed leaders of the North American Indigenous Games to include traditional Arctic sports for many years. Organizers have finally included them on a trial basis for its 2027 games in Calgary, but NYO fans say it'll take a lot more work to make Arctic sports an official part of the event.