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Fireweed-Alutiiq Word of the Week-August 4th

By Amy Steffian | Alutiiq Museum on Aug 5, 2019 Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News

CILLQAQ – FIREWEED CILLQAT ANTAARTUT UKSUARMI. – THE FIREWEED COMES OUT IN THE FALL. Late summer in the Kodiak Archipelago is brightly heralded by thousands of fireweed blossoms. This widely distributed perennial plant is a member of the evening primrose family, and it grows in both a dwarf and tall variety in the Kodiak region. […]

How Did WWI Reshape the Modern World?

By Gary Polakovic | USC News on Nov 14, 2018 National, National/World

A hundred years after the end of the “war to end all wars,” USC experts discuss its surprising impact and how it affects us even today One hundred years ago Sunday, the Allies and Germany agreed to an armistice ending World War I. The Great War claimed 40 million lives — but also serves as […]