HIST 1777 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Prince William Sound
16 Apr 2020
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In this reading, gill and picou discuss the exxon valdez oil spill in 1989, as well as its effects on the alaskan native population and their lifestyle, culture, and beliefs. Native communities, because they rely on renewable natural resources. This even went so far as to include commercial fishing industries the were impacted by this oil spill for years. The prince william sound, which took a lot of damage form the oil spill, was an area that had several different alaskan native groups, all of which were impacted. This was destructive to their culture t only because it removed their ability to hunt, but it also contaminated their relationship with the environment. In this reading, i found the fact that most of the wildlife had not recovered within a ten year period was very interesting.
