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What would locals like others know about Alaska? Presenting relevant links in a somewhat random fashion:
Headlines
QIKIQTAĠRUK: Almost an Island – Emergence @OakesLE @emergence_zine
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski calls on President Trump to resign, questions her future as a Republican – ADN
https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/8/18128983/alaska-earthquake-roads-fixed-anchorage-damage
http://www.vice.com/read/into-the-wild-bus-chris-mccandless
Removing a Wire Snare from 854 Divot – @KatmaiNPS
Alaska’s ‘road to nowhere’ is still a boondoggle
Haa yoo xh’atángixh haa sitee: we are our language
State Fair
Since 1936, Alaska State Fair – alaskastatefair.org – features record-setting giant vegetables, beautiful flower gardens, concerts, plus Alaskan and Alaska Native culture. Precautions
Dalton Highway
World’s Loneliest Bus Route – BBC
daltonhighwayexpress.com
Elsewhere on the Web
sitkasalmonshares.com
Twitter
@TravelJuneau
@KatmaiNPS
@AlaskaNPS
Recommended Listening
alaskapublic.org – @alaskapublic – flickr.com
coffee and quaq
Flickr
Great Land Alaska
flickr
Tourism Portals
Travel Alaska
Indigenous Cultures
alaska native
alaska native arts
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-video-game-that-attempts-to-preserve-native-alaskan-culture
http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2016/11/03/tribe-makes-video-game-to-pass-on-folk-tales.cnnmoney
https://vimeo.com/92000406 – @neveralonegame
In the first arrangement of its kind, the Smithsonian Institution has loaned hundreds of indigenous Alaska artifacts to their place of origin and allowing access for hands-on study by Alaska Native elders, artists and scholars. These cultural and historical treasures are exhibited in the new Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center in the Anchorage Museum. The center’s main exhibition is titled Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska. The exhibition features more than 600 objects from the Smithsonian’s collections that were selected and interpreted with help from Alaska Native advisers.
https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/about-us/museum-spaces/smithsonian-arctic-studies-center
https://twitter.com/anchoragemuseum
First Alaskans Institute
firstalaskans.org
juneauempire.com/news/first-alaskans-institute-to-host-public-ceremony-social-justice-summit
youtube
Parks
nps.gov/akso
nps.gov/akso/connect/newsreleases/8-14-14-climate-change-guide-available-at-national-parks.cfm
flickr
@AlaskaNPS
Arctic Interagency Visitor Center – BLM
Tongass
fs.usda.gov/tongass
Biden administration announces protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
Katmai National Monument was created in 1918 to preserve the famed Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a spectacular forty square mile, 100 to 700 foot deep ash flow deposited by Novarupta Volcano. A National Park & Preserve since 1980, today Katmai is still famous for volcanoes, but also for brown bears, pristine waterways with abundant fish, remote wilderness, and a rugged coastline.
Kenai Fjords National Park – “At the tip of the Kenai Peninsula lies a land where the ice age still lingers. In Kenai Fjords, glaciers, earthquakes, and ocean storms are the architects. Ice worms, bears and whales make their home in this land of constant change. Native Alutiiq used these resources to nurture a life entwined with the sea. Explore this site to discover Kenai Fjords, its history, science and remote splendor.”
Sitka
nps.gov/sitk – totem-poles
http://npsparkclp.tumblr.com/post/94752063277/talking-totems-the-stories-told-by-the-stately
@SitkaNPS
Fortress of the Bear
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/recEdMore.cfm?ID=74520
Alaska’s ‘road to nowhere’ is still a boondoggle
Chena River State Recreation Area
http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/units/chena
http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/units/chena/trails.htm
http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/units/chena/facility.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chena_River_State_Recreation_Area
One of the most awe-inspiring hikes is the 15-mile loop of the Granite Tors Trail.
Crafts
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Alaska State Council on the Arts recently produced an updated Customs Guide on Alaska Native Arts. Long recognized as an excellent tool for the Alaska Native art market, the online guide helps artists, arts patrons, and retailers interpret the complex wildlife laws that affect the international trade of some of Alaska’s most unique products. Details and Download (PDF)
Juneau
juneau.org
traveljuneau.com – @TravelJuneau
Wikipedia
Ketchikan
city.ketchikan.ak.us
totem
indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
Portage
alaskawildlife.org
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChhz_fJFXf38jtZDUknpm4g
@akwildlife
News
adn.com
Universities
uaa.alaska.edu – @uaanchorage
http://www.difficultdialoguesuaa.org/index.php/handbook/landing
Filing
avo.alaska.edu – @alaska_avo
Embedded Tweets
Photos![Rare Clear View of Alaska [annotated]](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3812/9086229206_c8b38665be.jpg)
Wikipedia
Alaska
Alaska Highway
Aleutian Islands
Kodiak Island
Myosotis
Parks
Cities
Planeta.com