JULY 17, 2026 · 9 SLIDES
No Road Out. Quinhagak Flies Its Own Eyes
Quinhagak has no road out, so the roadless Yup'ik village learned to fly its own drones.
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Sources
Sources for this one, primary first. KYUK, Quinhagak locals bridge drones and traditional knowledge, now they are teaching others, July 14 2026, https://www.kyuk.org/science-and-environment/2026-07-14/quinhagak-locals-bridge-drones-and-traditional-knowledge-now-theyre-teaching-others-how-to-do-it Alaska Public Media, Alaska News Nightly, western Alaska drone program takes flight, July 14 2026, https://alaskapublic.org/programs/alaska-news-nightly/2026-07-14/alaska-news-nightly-tuesday-july-14-2026 Nalaquq, the Alaska Native-owned subsidiary of Qanirtuuq, https://nalaquq.com/about-us/ JCMC, the peer-reviewed paper behind the search-and-rescue vessel-detection CNN and the salmon-counting pipeline, https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/28/5/zmad030/7248802