Young Sam Schimmel Embraces His Alaskan Identity, Even the Tough Parts
From the moment he could walk, Sam Oozevaseuk Schimmel was a child with an agenda. Spending summers with his Siberian Yupik family in Alaska, he quickly took to the outdoors. “He never was inside. He hunted and fished,” his dad, Jeremy Schimmel, told NPR. “He was catching fish when he was 2 β off the dock.” At age five, heβ¦