Alaska's first resettlement conference highlights state's recent spike in refugees
Alaska used to average about 150 refugees a year. Just last year, that number spiked to about 485.
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Alaska used to average about 150 refugees a year. Just last year, that number spiked to about 485.
Around two years ago, Angel Patterson-Moe drove in the middle of the night from Seward to Anchorage and back to pick up Natalie Norris. It’s a roughly six-hour drive round trip, and one they said they saw friends and family making regularly to support travel to the Anchorage’s airport or health care facilities.
The event took place April 16-19
The Alaska Association of Student Governments held their spring conference at Barrow High School in Utqiagvik from April 18-21. The theme of the conference was “Tapurriñiq Allaŋŋuutauruq” (in Iñupiaq) or “Inclusion Ignites Change.”
Wood bison restoration in Alaska has been a 30-plus year effort by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game with a long list of individuals and groups providing grass roots