Article 78S34 How one Indigenous Alaskan village is reckoning with tourism

How one Indigenous Alaskan village is reckoning with tourism

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editors@theworld.org (Jenna Gadbois)
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Hoonah, Alaska, is a small fishing village with a population or 862 members who make up the local Tlingit community. But each year, more than half a million cruise ship passengers step ashore for a few hours of recreation. National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek made his own stop there, as part of the Out of Eden Walk. As he explains to Host Carolyn Beeler, the village's residents have spent decades trying to strike a balance between economic sustainability and preserving their own identity.

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