John Active, a Yup’ik broadcaster and Alaska Native media pioneer, is dead at 69
Active became known through Alaska and even in the rest of the United States, for his efforts to preserve Yup'ik language and culture.
June 7, 2018
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The first thing you noticed about John Active was his voice: soothing, yet authoritative. For a broadcaster on both television and radio, that was fortunate, for it made him immediately recognizable to those who heard him.
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