King Island Mask Returned to Its People

By RACHEL D'ORO, Associated Press Writer, General Science / Archaeology & Fossils

This June 1978 file image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows the deserted stilt village of King Island, Alaska, about 625 miles northwest of Anchorage. Four decades after it was abandoned, King Island holds an almost mystical pull for former residents and their offspring, its crumbling homes still perched eerily on stilts across the steep, rocky face of an unforgiving terrain. (AP Photo/NOAA Corps, Capt. Budd Christman)

(AP) -- Four decades after it was abandoned, King Island holds an almost mystical pull for former inhabitants and their descendants, its crumbling homes still perched on stilts, clinging to the steep, rocky terrain.

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