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An Inuk woman tending a kudlik. Inuit women and children soften sealskin by chewing it Inuit women scraping caribou skin. The Inuit are indigenous people who live in the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America (parts of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland).
Rank State/Territory Life Expectancy 2019 [9] Male Female 1. Hawaii 81.6 78.6 84.6 2. California 81.2 78.7 83.6 3. New York 81.2 78.6 83.5 5. Minnesota 80.6 78.4 82.8 6.
The Ballot measure was sparked by the lawsuit filed by Jay Brause and Gene Dugan, after the two men were denied a marriage license by the Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics. [2] In Brause v. Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1998 WL 88743, the Alaska Superior Court ruled that the state needed compelling reason to deny marriage licenses to same-sex ...
Sep. 24—aerial photography, cityscape, summer For the seventh year in a row, Alaska has the highest rate of women killed by men of any U.S. state. It's a statistic most Alaskans are familiar ...
The center of population of Alaska is located approximately 64.37 kilometers (40.00 mi) east of Anchorage at 61.399882 N. latitude, 148.873973 W. longitude. [8] In 2006, Alaska had a larger percentage of tobacco smokers than the national average, with 24% of Alaskan adults smoking. [9]
The results found that 8.6% of women and 10.1% of men had at one point in their life experienced some form of homosexuality. Of this group, 87% of women and 76% of men reported existing same-sex attractions, 41% of women and 52% of men had sex with someone of the same gender, and 16% of women and 27% of men identified as LGBT. [21]
In 1973, the Alaska Supreme Court held that oral sex did not violate the sodomy statute. [4] In total, there have only been five recorded sodomy cases in Alaska; three of which involved heterosexual conduct and two homosexual conduct. [4] Alaska repealed its sodomy law on January 1, 1980. [5] The first LGBT Pride parade in Homer, June 24, 2018
In a state where women are 2.5 times more likely than the national average to be killed by a man and Alaska Native women are especially at risk, elected leaders here have repeatedly pledged action.