Milk — Muluk’uuq (N), Muruk’uuq (S) KuRuuwamek muluk’uungtaartutkut. – We get milk from a cow. Milk is a relatively recent addition to the Alutiiq diet, a fact illustrated by the Russian derivation of the Alutiiq words for milk. Although midwives brewed a tea from pineapple weed to stimulate the production of a new mother’s milk, […]
Climate change is creating new pathways for the spread of infectious diseases like brucellosis, tularemia, or E. coli in the Arctic, according to a broad international consortium of scientists with a wide range of expertise in human, animal, and environmental health in the North Pole. The scientists have published their findings in the journal Science of the Total […]
(Anchorage) — Under terms of the Pacific Salmon Treaty (treaty), the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announced that the preseason all-gear catch limit for Southeast Alaska (SEAK) is 133,500 treaty Chinook salmon for 2025. The ADF&G target will be 130,850 Chinook salmon. This year’s target includes a 2% reduction from the treaty catch […]
Events on Saturday included marches as well as direct community-oriented actions, including neighborhood cleanups and food drives. Two weeks after millions of people attended “Hands Off” protests across the United States, expressing outrage over President Donald Trump’s unlawful deportation operation, abandonment of due process for hundreds of migrants, and spending cuts in the interest of enriching the […]