<h1>Aleut elder Nicolai Galaktionoff helped keep Unangan language, culture vital</h1>
                        
                                                                                        
        
                        
        
                                        
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   Jillian Rogers | The Dutch Harbor Fisherman | 
  Jun 15, 2012<br>US<br><br></div>


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                        <a class="lightbox-processed" href="http://www.alaskadispatch.com/sites/default/files/images/topic/rural-alaska/galaktionoff-nicolai-facing-beach.jpg" rel="lightbox[][Nicolai Galaktionoff. Courtesy Tesha Galaktionoff ]"><img src="http://www.alaskadispatch.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_scale_width_200/images/topic/rural-alaska/galaktionoff-nicolai-facing-beach.jpg" alt="" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-article_scale_width_200" height="133" width="200"></a>                    
                  </div><br><p>When Nicolai Galaktionoff passed away last month, a piece of Alaska left with him.</p>
<p>Galaktionoff, 87, died in Unalaska on May 21, and though he’ll be 
remembered for many great accomplishments, perhaps he was most known for
 his passionate commitment to keeping his heritage alive through 
language and subsistence living.</p>
<p>“He taught the language to the younger generation, including myself,”
 said Galaktionoff’s eldest son, Joe. “He taught many about our 
culture.”</p><p>Access full article below:</p><p><a href="http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/aleut-elder-nicolai-galaktionoff-helped-keep-unangan-language-culture-vital">http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/aleut-elder-nicolai-galaktionoff-helped-keep-unangan-language-culture-vital</a></p>
<p><br></p>(via IndigenousTweets)<br><br></div>