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Article: Leaving St. Paul Island: Modern life might accomplish what the fierce bering sea never could--break up the culture of alaska's aleuts. (USA).(Brief Article)
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- Junior Scholastic
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- November 12, 2001
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In the middle of the stormy Bering Sea, 770 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska, is a tough little speck of America. It's called St. Paul Island. It's a tough little rock, battered by constant waves and wind.
On this island is the tough little town of St. Paul. And in this tough little town live an even tougher people--the Aleuts (AL-ee-ootz)--one of Alaska's native peoples. In fact, St. Paul is home to the largest community of Aleuts in the world, one of whom is 14-year-old Zena Merculief.
Last year, Zena totally wowed the town elders. She and a partner cooked up an experiment to compare different kinds of oil. "We wanted to see which one produced the most ...