Alaska Natives

and Alaska Natives (AIAN) community. According to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in 2011, there were over twenty million youth at the age of twelve and older, who were using alcohol and drugs. Also, eight percent of the population aged twelve or older were classified with substance dependence or abuse (SAMSHA, 2011). Heavy drinking has long been a public health concern for the American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) community, with a high rate in substance abuse and alcohol. In turn, American Indians and Alaska Natives are experiencing a rapid decline in health and an “increase in…

Alaska Alaska is one of the most amazing places in the world. Some of the great things in Alaska are its culture,environment weather,outdoor activities,wildlife. Alaska was adopted for the united states in January 3, 1959. The population is 735,123 that is more than Rhode Island, that state has 1.052 million. Alaska is a crazy place but it has beautiful views. Alaskas culture is one of the most interesting culture in the world. People go to Alaska to get away from those big cities and live in…

Located in Northeastern Alaska, United States, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of the areas used to protect and conserve America’s wildlife and plants. It is the largest Wildlife Refuge in the country at 19,286,722 acres. For more than over a decade there has been political debates about whether or not there should be drilling for oil on the coastal plains. Oil drilling cause’s damage to the wildlife there and cause for animals to become extinct. I think that there should not be any…

Response Paper One In this paper, I will respond to three topics that will include: “Alaska and Its People” by Maria SHAA TLAA Williams, The Aleuts of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska by Helen D. Corbert and Susanne W Swibold, as well as the video of Beautiful Journey by Demientieff and Williams, and closing with a summary of power point Alaska Native Perspectives Na Dena – Athabascan Peoples by Maria Williams. According to The Alaska Native Reader of your book, Alaska is one fifth the size of…

Geography of Alaska, Alaska became the forty-ninth state in 1959. Alaska is the biggest state in the United States combined by California, Montana, and Texas. It has more ocean coastal then all of United States combined. Alaska extends from Eastern Hemisphere and both the westernmost and easternmost state in united state. The land area is 570,380 square miles (1477,300 km2). In 1967 United States bought Alaska. Frozen water, in the form of glacier ice, covers some 16,000 square miles (41,000…

only ethically wrong but can also be very harmful to the environment and surrounding communities. The ANWR is a wildlife refuge in Alaska, it includes more than 19 acres of land and is very significant to the National Wildlife Refuge System (defenders.org). Drilling is ethically wrong in this area because it is one of America's last intact and untouched landscape and is home to 45 species of mammals, 42 fish species, and more than 200 migrational bird species (defender.org). The ANWR was…

a far more concrete answer. Primarily, the salmon’s disappearance raises concerns in two areas of Alaskan life: the culture and the economy. The first way that the salmon’s absence is affecting people through the state’s culture, for both the native and non-native populations. There is perhaps no more single defining aspect of the state that ties all of the citizens together. From the subsistence fishermen of the various native tribes to the waves of retirees who have recently moved to the…

You feel the cool breeze as winter recedes in the beautiful Alaskan Yukon. As you stand in the breeze you think, “this is the most beautiful place in the world”. Everyone who has visited Alaska has said the same thing, and even the most strict critics have admitted to its splendor. Alaska is an amazing place the history, landscape, wildlife, and the many things to do will show you that Alaska truly is a place of wonder and majesty. Historians still do not know when and how people began to live…

arise from drilling in this area could be oil spills that could harm the wildlife, natives, and environment. Recommendations for preparing for the drilling would be enforcing the environmentalists ideas in order to make sure it's the safest way possible for everyone.(Fogliasso and Washburn 39-42) This article provided possible problems that can occur with some recommendations to prevent damage to the environment, wildlife, and mankind. It informs you of the wildlife and oil reserves found in…

only 24 when he left home and went onto his own into the wilderness and was 24 when his body was found in an abandoned bus off the Stampede trail in Alaska. He was unlike any person you could meet, an opportunist, an ambivert, and independent. To some Chris’ idea to go into the wild was foolish but to him it was exactly what he needed. Chris’ interpretation of happiness was profoundly simple; he wanted to find who he really was. He didn’t want…