This Day in Alaska History-December 29th, 1906
Copper-Alutiiq Word of the Week
[content id=”79272″] Copper — Kanuyaq Kasaakat kanuyamek tait’llriit. – The Russians brought copper. Copper is one of the few metals that Alutiiq people used prehistorically. Artists ground copper oxide, a mineral available on southeastern Kodiak Island, to make pigment. However, they obtained copper suitable for tool manufacture in trade with the Alaska mainland, particularly the […]
Help Stop Illegal Shootings of Sea Lions and Seals Near the Copper River Delta
NOAA increases award to $20,000 as endangered Steller sea lions continue to turn up dead in the Copper River Delta. Note: NOAA Fisheries has revised the original web story posted on July 26, 2023, to better reflect the original intent. At this point we don’t know who is responsible for the recent marine mammal mortalities, and […]
An Attempt to De-Mystify the Mysterious
NEAR GAKONA, ALASKA — In this wild place where dump truck drivers once tipped load after load of gravel onto the moss to make roads and building pads, scientists rolled open an iron gate one recent Saturday afternoon. They invited in conspiracy theorists, reality-TV hosts and salmon fishermen from Chistochina to the grounds of a […]