One of the nice things about researching environmental history is it’s a very material subject and not very abstract. I saw areas where wolves had once lived, as well as the animals wolves interacted with that are currently there. Afterwards, they let me go to Japan with the same funding, so instead of the archives, I went to all these upland remote villages. In my case, it was fun because I originally had slated funding to go to Japan to work in archives, but I asked my dean if I could use the money to work with wolf biologists in Yellowstone. It’s kind of a classic second-book project because you get to explore something a little closer to your heart. Can you talk about what it was like to research that topic and go around the wolf villages? One of your books is The Lost Wolves of Japan. So it was those comparative elements that drew my attention to the environment. When I began looking into Ainu more carefully, I noticed that a lot of the same environmental changes that affected Native Americans - like the importation of smallpox - also affected the Ainu. So when I began studying the Ainu people a little bit, it was pretty natural that I would draw comparisons between the Ainu and the Native Americans of the United States. There was wild country, snow in the winter skiing was good - it reminded me of home. When I first traveled in Japan, I lived in the northern island of Hokkaido, and it fascinated me how much it reminded me of living in the western part of the United States. I went to a liberal arts college as well, and as I began researching the environment for graduate school, that was when I really began looking into environmental topics. I traveled around Japan and became very interested in it. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.īetween your specialties in Japanese and environmental history, which interest did you pick up first? Walker gave a talk on the issue Thursday afternoon in Craig Lecture Hall. Most recently, Walker has been studying the concerns of asbestos poisoning following the Fukushima triple disaster in 2011, when a tsunami led to the meltdown of the area’s major power plant and raised many questions about the safety of nuclear plants in Japan. Walker has written books on a number of topics in Japan such as the indigenous Ainu people, the disappearance of Japanese wolves in the last century and the history of Japan’s industrial-caused diseases. After graduating from the College of Idaho in 1989, Walker spent several years traveling and studying Japan before earning his doctorate in Japanese History from the University of Oregon. “This last ditch effort from national Democrats is proof of their hysteria as they watch Christine Drazan take hold of once deep-blue Oregon that is desperate for change.”įor the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill.Brett Walker is a Regents Professor of History at Montana State University with expertise in Japanese health and medicine and its environmental history. “Joe Biden’s disastrous policies continue to hurt Oregon families, and there has been no bigger fan of his out-of-touch approach than Kate Brown, Tina Kotek, and Betsy Johnson, who have followed suit in exacerbating the affordability crisis in the state,” Kaitlin Price, a spokesperson for the Republican Governors Association, said in a statement. She is now facing Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer in the general election. Kurt Schraeder (D), who ultimately lost to progressive challenger Jamie McLeod-Skinner. There is also the state’s 5th Congressional District, where Biden made his lone primary endorsement in backing Rep. In addition, a district newly created through redistricting could also be competitive. Pete DeFazio (D) is retiring and the race for his seat in the 4th Congressional District has tightened. The state could also be home to multiple competitive congressional races next month. Candidate Betsy Johnson, a former Democratic state senator received 19 percent support from those surveyed. Kate Brown (D) is departing because of term limits, and the governor’s race has become something of a toss-up, largely because of the presence of a competitive independent candidate.Īn Emerson College college poll released earlier this month found Republican Christine Drazan with a narrow lead over Kotek, 36 percent to 34 percent.
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