Julia O'Malley, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:34:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Julia O'Malley, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 Fish camp in Alaska – without the fish https://www.hcn.org/issues/fish-camp-in-alaska-without-the-fish/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=328978 Ryan Madros takes a boat full of children, teens and adults to this year’s culture camp upriver from Ruby, Alaska. Madros and his wife, Rachael Kangas Madros, played key roles in organizing culture camp this year.

Yukon River communities fight to maintain their salmon fishing traditions.

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]]> 328978 The teenage whaler’s tale https://www.hcn.org/issues/49-12/tribal-affairs-a-teenage-whaler-pride-of-his-alaska-village-is-haunted-by-trolls/ Mon, 17 Jul 2017 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2017/07/17/the-teenage-whalers-tale/

Internet death threats hound a young Alaskan after a successful hunt.

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