AAOKH's mission is to improve Arctic research and strengthen Indigenous self-determination through Indigenous-led stewardship of environmental observations and knowledge.
Participating Communities
AAOKH coordinates observations from Indigenous Knowledge holders in these communities to provide a broad view of changing coastal conditions and impacts on access to traditional marine resources.
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Please get in touch if you have ideas for sharing environmental observations by Iñupiaq experts in northern Alaska coastal communities.
Latest News
For the past two years, AAOKH observers have been sharing their observations and knowledge of sea ice, ocean conditions, and marine life with the Arctic Ocean modeling team at UAF’s International Arctic Research Center, and that knowledge has been used to check and improve their computer model. Here’s what they found: the model got something…