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Alaska’s Last Straw happy to see cruise lines join effort to reduce plastic waste

7/22/2018

The Norwegian Bliss prepares to disembark on June 5, 2018, from Juneau. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)

Norwegian Cruise Line banned plastic straws aboard its ships, but offers alternatives for people requesting a straw. Another cruise line, Carnival says staff members only supply straws upon request for soda or cocktails.

Alaska’s Last Straw wants to eliminate single-use plastics. Organization president Stacy Katasse said cruise lines trying to reduce plastic straw waste is good news. (Read more at ktoo.org.)

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Caught in immigration mess, U.S.-born Tsimshian teacher fights to stay in ancestral territory

7/5/2018

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Mique’l Dangeli teaches students how to bake salmon fins. Dangeli moved to British Columbia to teach Tsimshian culture in her ancestors’ traditional territory, but faces an immigration fight to live and work in Canada. (Photo courtesy Mique’l Dangeli)

When the homelands of indigenous groups straddle the border between U.S. and Canada, traveling back-and-forth becomes an immigration issue. You might think the countries would have similar policies, but it isn’t that easy.

One U.S.-born Tsimshian teacher is caught in the mess, fighting to legally stay and work in her ancestral homeland in British Columbia.

Mique’l Dangeli teaches the Tsimshian language — Sm’algya̱x — to children and adults, including at a school in Kitsumkalumm, British Columbia. (Read more at ktoo.org)

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About Me

Tripp J Crouse (Ojibwe, descendent of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) has worked in print journalism and broadcasting for 15-plus years, and currently represents Alaska and serves as 2019 chair of the Station Advisory Committee for Native Public Media, a national organization that offers support services to Tribal and Native public radio stations. Tripp is also a member of the Native American Journalists Association and Alaska Press Club. Prior to working at 90.3 KNBA in Anchorage, Tripp worked at KTOO in Juneau and the Quad-City Times in Davenport, Iowa.

Alaska’s Last Straw happy to see cruise lines join effort to reduce plastic waste

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