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Homer, Alaska - News - Signs of changing climate catch eye of Native elders 09/03/08

Alaska's odd 2008 summer featured in some comments. While most elders spoke of climate changes they've noticed in the past 10 years, this year's cooler and wetter summer didn't escape discussion.

"It's global warming? This kind of confused me. This cold summer? How come it's cold?" asked Alice Green of Nanwalek. "Blueberries aren't quite ready. Usually, they're ready by July."

"I don't call it global warming. It's global cooling. It's very unusual weather wise," said John Moonin, also of Nanwalek.

Another Nanwalek elder, Nick Tanape, also noted the changes caused by a cool summer.

"Our salmon has been very late, three weeks late this year," he said. "July came, next day we got up, and there was our fish. We were very happy."
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"A lot of elders said, 'We've gone through this before,'" said Lilly Elvsaas, formerly of Port Graham and now living in Seldovia. "Elders say, 'You know, we've had this type of weather before.' (My husband) told me there are a lot of changes going on. This is something we don't know how to deal with. We don't know. We have to learn to adapt."