The University of Alaska Fairbanks will celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with several events and activities on Oct. 14, 2024. Indigenous Peoples Day honors Indigenous people, culture and knowledge nationwide. It affords time to reflect and recognize the Indigenous knowledge that enhances the education provided by the university. UAF events will be held on Oct. 14 […]
JUNEAU – The University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) is celebrating Earth Day with a series of events this week leading up to Earth Day on Saturday, April 22. Led by the UAS Sustainability Committee, the activities include: Tuesday, April 18, 6:30-8 pm Lecture: Indigeneity and the ‘Domestic Posthuman’: Reevaluating the Scale, Pace, Texture, and Place […]
Athletes Compete in 2023 Senior Games ANCHORAGE – Let the Native Youth Olympic Games begin. Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) will welcome hundreds of athletes from communities throughout Alaska to compete in the 2023 Senior Games at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage April 20-22. CITC is proud to have hosted the NYO Games in […]
Residents of Southeast Alaska are used to lots of rain and snow. Although precipitation varies greatly across the region, less than 30 inches of precipitation a year is highly unusual. As the climate changes, however, the region has experienced hotter and drier conditions, as well as other unusual weather events. Extreme heat and drought conditions […]