Village officers blockade against state Troopers ends with school principal and staff fleeing Kipnuk in two planes

Alaska State Troopers traveled to Kipnuk on Oct. 29, where the school principal, LaDorothy Lightfoot, had locked herself into her office at Chief Paul Memorial School after the Kipnuk Tribal Police had attempted to take her into custody and serve a “banishment order for unknown reasons,” according to the trooper dispatch report. The incident began … Continue reading Village officers blockade against state Troopers ends with school principal and staff fleeing Kipnuk in two planes