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The weather has been amazing in Anchorage this week! I hope everyone is out enjoying it. It s mid-June and a budget has still not been passed, but it looks like the conference committee should finish today. A lot of legislators
Bernando Bertolucci’s epic film about the conflict between Italian landlord and peasant was called simply “1900”.
Saturday, 15th May 2021, 7:50 am
An Suileachan monument in Reef commemorates the land raids and the passing of the land into community ownership. Pic: Ronan Wilson
If ever the great Hebridean movie is made – as it should be – the title could easily be “1921”.
In normal circumstances, there would have been local events throughout the islands to mark the continuing relevance of this centenary year.
Perhaps some will still be possible. One way or another, awareness of the struggles and hardships which shaped the places in which we live should be passed on to this and future generations.
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The Alaska Stalker – May 1, 2021
Welcome to this edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape.
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I celebrated a little anniversary on Sunday three years of writing the Alaska Stalker. I can scarcely believe it. I wanted to give a quick shout out to readers new and old, and thank everyone for the laughs, mortified gasps, eyerolls, and of course, hot tips.
2020 tests limits of Arctic adaptation December 31st, 2020 |
1. Arctic struggles with pandemic and its impacts to education, health
Across the Arctic, as well as the state, nation and globe, the dominant story of 2020 was the COVID-19 pandemic. For rural Alaska, however, the pandemic brought back memories of the Spanish flu, which decimated many in Alaska s Native villages, in some cases leaving only a handful of survivors.
While the state braced for impact shortly after spring break, closing schools, restaurants and many service industries and limiting travel between communities, rural Alaska did not see immediate outbreaks, despite fears that prompted many communities to restrict travel and require testing and quarantines for all people arriving via air.