Midnite Sun Reindeer Ranch

10/05/2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/climate/arctic-research-security.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qk8.K68e.eLZXB1ij5TDw&smid=url-share

The Trump administration is emphasizing defense concerns instead of climate research in the rapidly warming Arctic region.

06/19/2025

Act fast TODAY: Ecology Explorer summer science and art overnight camp with Northwest Campus and Alaska Gold and Resort begins this Friday June 20-26 in Nome. We have immediate openings for Nome youth ages 13-17. Students will receive Free tuition, accommodations, meals, and an exciting hands-on outdoor science and art themed program consisting of packrafting, metal detecting, fishing, reindeer husbandry, medicinal plants, painting, engineering, and panning for gold.
Register now! https://forms.gle/vmWB4f31DUFCt3W58

06/17/2025

The ranch is by appointment only. White vans using it for touring point are doing so with out permission and exploiting. There is no agreements with any tourism outfit to use the ranch as tourism location. Anyone doing so is exploiting Indigenous livelihoods.

02/08/2025

Our hearts grieve for our region during this trying time.
Thankful and grateful for the community of Alaska coming together.

12/19/2024

“In Alaska, reindeer are much more real than the fantasy animals that pull Santa’s sleigh. Introduced to Alaska from Siberia by the US government in the 1890s, reindeer were part of a strategy to solve food shortages among the Native peoples after the gold rush. Today, reindeer provide food security and economic opportunities for the Alaskan Native community. Even more so than farming, reindeer herding requires a deep understanding of the needs of Indigenous communities and academic science—as well as how to navigate and influence local, state, and federal policies.”

Reindeer herding requires a deep understanding of the needs of Indigenous communities, science, and policy.

05/22/2024

Join Native America Calling and hear about reindeer history in Alaska. Featuring Marlene Wisuri, Varpu Lotvonen, Sean Topkok, Bonnie Scheele

https://www.facebook.com/share/tuvQjs7d614iqPsj/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Reindeer weren’t always in Alaska, but now there’s a strong connection for Alaska Native herders. It all started in 1891, when the U.S. Government signed onto a plan by a Presbyterian missionary to recruit Indigenous European Sami people in order to spark economic development and relieve food in...

05/22/2024

Join us in listening to Native America Calling

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hBolg8Te6eHsFKA7VTV9m

Listen to this episode from Native America Calling on Spotify. Reindeer weren’t always in Alaska, but now there’s a strong connection for Alaska Native herders. It all started in 1891, when the U.S. Government signed onto a plan by a Presbyterian missionary to recruit Indigenous European Sami pe...

03/27/2024

https://uafextension.wordpress.com/2024/03/22/iditarod-an-opportunity-for-reindeer-related-outreach-in-nome/