Survivors of federal Indian boarding schools testify on severe abuse
Survivors of the days of the federal Indian boarding school program spoke at length Sunday about the physical, sexual, and psychological brutality suffered as...
AFN calls for rural priority for subsistence fishing
Delegates to the annual convention of the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) in Anchorage are urging Congress to permanently protect the right of Alaska Native...
Wilderness Society backs repatriation of human remains
The Wilderness Society is expressing its remorse and working to repatriate human remains taken in 1936 from a cave on Kagamil, an island in...
Donlin gold mine challenged by Southwest Alaska tribal entities
Two Southwest Alaska tribal entities represented by Earthjustice, the Orutsaramiut Native Council and the Native Village of Eek, have appealed in the Alaska Supreme...
Justice Department to award grants for Alaska Native communities
Justice Department officials said Tuesday they will award $68.2 million in 88 grants to tribal justice systems for services to survivors of domestic violence,...
Ahtna program awarded Indian Youth Corps grant
Ahtna’s Cultural Heritage Youth Program has been awarded a $560,000 grant by the Department of the Interior as part of its new Indian Youth...
Ivanoff appointed as executive director for Native Peoples Action
Writer and advocate for Native rights Laureli Ivanoff of Unalakleet is the new executive director of Native Peoples Action and Native Peoples Action Community...
Washington man sentenced for violating Indian Arts and Crafts Act
A Washington state man whose family and business sold over $1 million in Philippine made carvings billed as Alaska Native art has been sentenced...
Eyak Corp. awarded $3.49M grant to replace failing fish weir
A $3.49 million grant to the Eyak Corp. in Cordova is among grants totaling $196 million awarded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) in...
State agencies release new report addressing crisis of missing indigenous people
A new report published by state law enforcement agencies last week includes information about two people marked missing from the Valdez-Cordova Borough in the...
