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In Red Devil, an old mine's pollution is not enough to doubt Donlin’s promise
This is a three-part series reported from a village of 20 people on the Upper Kuskokwim River that stands to gain the most from the proposed Donlin Mine. Many villages in the region are conflicted ...
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Adventure awaits in Alaska at Denali National Park and Preserve. Here’s what to expect.
Denali and its surrounding areas are the ancestral homelands of the Dena’ina, Koyukon, Lower Tanana, Upper Kuskokwim, and Western Ahtna. “Each group has their own language and traditions ...
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Citizen observers in Alaska river communities help scientists predict spring breakup flooding
Angela Hayden, a teacher in Sleetmute, a small village along the upper Kuskokwim, has been taking her students down to the river weekly since January to measure ice thickness. “It’s been super ...
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Denali vs. McKinley: A brief history of the long debate over what to call North America’s highest mountain
Athabascans to the north and west of the range referred to “the high one” with varying names, including Deenalee in the Koyukon language, Denaze in Upper Kuskokwim and Denadhe in Tanana ...