• Episode 1|The Gwich'in Tribe and Caribou Preservation

  • Nov 10 2024
  • Length: 8 mins
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Episode 1|The Gwich'in Tribe and Caribou Preservation

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  • Many people outside of Alaska aren't aware of increasing oil infrastructure and how it affects Native Alaskan tribes in the Arctic landscape up in the north Slope. Tune in for a brief overview of what's going down up in the Great North! Script and Research done by: Simone F. IS & ENVS BA candidate at Emory University (Graduate of 2025)|Born and Raised Alaskan|Nature Enthusiast|Climate and Human Rights Advocate Sources: ​Biden cancels last oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge, overturns sales held by Trump. (2023, September 7). PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-cancels-last-oil-and-gas-leases-in-alaskas-arctic-refuge-overturns-sales-held-by-trump​Bourtis, E. (2023, March 31). A caribou hunter and researchers uncover the impact of climate change on Arctic hunting. Mongabay Environmental News. https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/a-caribou-hunter-and-researchers-uncover-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-arctic-hunting/​Bowling, E. (2024, September 11). Caribou and Gwich’in descend “from one heart.” NNSL Media. https://www.nnsl.com/local-news/caribou-and-gwichin-descend-from-one-heart-7465848​Carlsen, L., Feldthus, A., & Schmidt, A. L. (1995). The Preservation of Inuit Clothing Collected during the Fifth Thule Expedition (192124). Arctic, 48(4), 333–337. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40511935.pdf​Gwich’in Rights are Caribou Rights – Powerless law or law for the powerless? An Environmental and Energy Perspective - ABILA. (2024, June 26). ABILA. https://www.ila-americanbranch.org/gwichin-rights-are-caribou-rights/​Gwich’in Tribe Protects Caribou and Culture. (2021). PBS LearningMedia; GBH. https://gpb.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ean08.sci.life.eco.gwichin/gwichin-tribe-protects-caribou-and-culture/​Harball, E., & Herz, N. (2019). NPR Choice page. Npr.org. https://www.npr.org/2019/07/03/738145007/as-oil-drilling-nears-in-arctic-refuge-2-alaska-villages-see-different-futures​Roburn, S. (2019). Learning from Caribou People: Gwich’in and Inuvialuit Perspectives on the Being CaribouProject1. ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1093/isle/isz018​Windeyer, C. (2023, September 7). Gwich’in celebrate cancellation of oil exploration leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge. CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/gwich-in-celebrate-alaska-oil-lease-cancellation-1.6959600 Music Credit: ​massobeats-honey jam (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGMQbVfYVmI)​SnailMusicES- Jazz Lofi Chill (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTi9YGDxs8c) Photo Credit: Caribou Cow with Newborn Calf taken by Peter Mather
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