Sealaska

Jun 28 2019
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Can trauma be passed down through DNA? Researchers and Hoonah residents search for answers.

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Community, Family, Health, Science & Tech, Sealaska, Southeast

It’s well known that traumatic experiences can have lifelong impacts on health and well-being. But it’s possible that those effects can last longer than a single lifetime. A new study asks whether the effects of trauma have been passed down genetically in Tlingit families in Hoonah.

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Jan 18 2019
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Tongass National Forest

Native corporations maintaining Alaska forests find a carbon credit buyer: oil company BP

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska's Energy Desk, Climate Change, Energy & Mining, Interior, Sealaska, Southcentral, Southeast

At an industry conference held Friday in Anchorage, BP Alaska president Janet Weiss announced the company has developed two carbon credit offset projects with Native corporations Ahtna and Sealaska.

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Apr 09 2018
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A fire left its mark on this Tongass National Forest tree trunk, as seen in 2008.

Sealaska Corporation announces multimillion dollar deal to keep trees in the ground

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska's Energy Desk, Economy, Juneau, Sealaska, Southeast, Timber

Southeast’s regional Native corporation is using some of its lands for carbon sequestration. It’s the first carbon bank in the state to be approved for the California cap-and-trade market.

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