"St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska," as she is officially known, was canonized June 19 as the first female Orthodox saint from North America.

This dichotomy between Native and non-Native approaches to wildlife regulation and conservation runs throughout My Side of the River, from details about Kelly’s own experiences with fish and game ...

I made the tent, cot, barrette, fish (with real fish skin), and tłaabaas (the way my late grandma taught me). It’s actually a Disney Pocahontas doll. We donated it to the Alaska Native Heritage ...

You buy fish from Alaska. Soon you might get your vegetables from there, too. September 13, 2024 12:01 PM ET. ... Alaska Native people make up more than 20% of the state's population.

Subsistence is the term that describes traditional harvests of fish, game and plants for personal and noncommercial use. Salmon has traditionally been a subsistence staple.. For Alaska Natives ...

While it was once hailed as the best source of calcium, milk actually contains less of the essential mineral than these five ...

Salmon are anadromous fish, meaning they spend parts of their lives in different habitats. Alaska's rivers are home to all five species of Pacific salmon; pink (humpy), chinook (king), coho ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game manages the herring fishery using a method called Maximum Sustainable Yield. According to Thomas Thornton, professor of environment and society at the University ...

Thousands of the crabs have already been trapped in southern Southeast Alaska, and experts advise the public to be on the ...

Alaska Native woman, ... or in residents’ homes — amply fed by home-prepared meals of Alaska specialties such as walrus meat and smoked fish. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad.

In 2022, Mary Peltola won a House race in Alaska against Sarah Palin on “Fish, ... a Blue Dog Democrat who won her seat in a 2022 upset, is Alaska's first Native woman congressional representative.

Because of their location, diesel costs almost four times the national average — the Alaska Native community spent $900,000 on fuel in 2024 alone.