At a Native foods potluck for Western Alaska storm evacuees, a taste of home

There were bites of beluga whale. A jar of seal oil. Hemlock branches coated thick with herring roe. Salmon pies. Salmon head soup. Salmon bellies. Salmon strips. Salmon roe. Glossy canned salmon.

‘It is who we are’: Alaska Native organizations collect whale meat, seals, fish and other traditional foods to help storm victims

Among the losses suffered by Western Alaska victims of ex-Typhoon Halong the destruction of the traditional foods they’d ...