Editing Chiniak, Alaska (section)

==Community==
Electricity, telephones, running water are available, as well as a paved highway most of the way to the village. The town has a school, post office, and library.  The Chiniak Post Office is home to Chiniak Art Works, a non profit under the umbrella of the Kodiak Arts Council.

The Chiniak School, a K-12 rural school, is operated by the [[Kodiak Island Borough School District]].<ref>"[http://www.kibsd.org/domain/304 Our Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215212011/http://www.kibsd.org/domain/304 |date=February 15, 2017 }}." [[Kodiak Island Borough School District]]. Retrieved on February 15, 2017.</ref> Elaine Griffin, a kindergarten through 10th grade teacher at Chiniak School, received the 1995 [[Milken Educator Award]] for National Teacher of the Year.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.milkeneducatorawards.org/educators/view/elaine-griffin | website=Milken Educator Awards | title=Elaine Griffin (AK '95) | access-date=November 12, 2021}}</ref>

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File:Chiniak Highway Cow.jpg|On the road to Chiniak, winter
File:Onwaytoaleutianchain12.jpg|Journey to the Aleutian Chain passes through Chiniak
File:ChiniakPostOffice.JPG|Chiniak's post office
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