Alaska natives articles
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Alaska has a plan to save its salmon but some Native leaders are wary
A new approach aims to restore fish levels in the Yukon River but some feel it unfairly targets traditional practices while failing to tackle huge losses to industrial fishing in the oceanEarlier this month Alaska officials announced a new plan they say could revive the Yukon River’s struggling salmon population. The 2,000-mile waterway that runs from Canada’s Yukon Territory to the Bering Sea has seen sharp declines in its Chinook, or king salmon, in recent years.The new strategy aims to...
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Alaska's Indigenous teens emulate ancestors' Arctic survival skills at the Native Youth Olympics
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The athletes filling a huge gym in Anchorage were ready to compete, cheering and stomping and high-fiving each other as they lined up for the chance to claim the state’s top prize in their events. But these teenagers were at the Native Youth Olympics, a statewide
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Alaska's Indigenous teens emulate ancestors' Arctic survival skills at the Native Youth Olympics
Alaska's Indigenous teens emulate ancestors' Arctic survival skills at the Native Youth Olympics