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Alaska, Indigenous Resilience, & the Second World War – What’s Old is News

https://media.rss.com/whatsoldisnews/2024_11_07_05_07_53_be7eb30e-8d63-44a2-b2fd-af0c4d6025b5.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBy Sean Graham This week, I talk with Holly Miowak Guise, author of Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II. We talk about the lived memory of the Second World War in Alaska, the American occupation of Alaska, and the diversity of the local population. We also discuss local community responses to the… Read more »

Canada and the New Colonialism

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By Jon Weier   The Canadian government announced this past week that Canadian forces members will no longer wear the Maple Leaf as a symbol of rank.  The Maple Leaf is to be replaced on the shoulder boards and collar tabs of Canadian soldiers’ uniforms with the crown or pip that had been used to indicate rank in the Canadian… Read more »