Today's rural article is a continuing look at Kivalina. Last week we posted work titled, "Relocating Alaska Natives: The Climate is Changing Faster Than Disaster Management and Adaptation Policies," from Christine Shearer, today we continue with her and bring to you the Introduction of her new book, "Kivalina: A Climate Change Story," published by Haymarket […]
In 2008, I took a tiny cargo plane to the Inupiaq village of Kivalina, in the northwest of Alaska above the Arctic Circle. I had heard the village would be lost to climate change from erosion, which I imagined to be a slow, gradual, and predictable process.
FAIRBANKS-Alaska is two and a half times larger than the largest state in the lower 48 states. Over half of the entire state’s population lives within the municipality of Anchorage. Many Alaskan villages can only be reached by boat or airplane and are the end receivers of all packaging brought into the communities. Cardboard is […]
As the fresh salmon head was sliced off, a chorus of young voices erupted around the table. “Eww!†cried several boys and girls in unison while a few others exclaimed “Cool!†One girl eagerly looked for an uluaq and asked, “Can I try?â€