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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Courtney Carothers honored with AFN’s Denali Award
Courtney Carothers, a University of Alaska fisheries professor, has been honored with the 2023 Denali Award by the Alaska Federation of Natives in recognition...
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...
Pilot program expands tribal criminal jurisdiction in domestic violence cases
A pilot program launched by the Justice Department under the 2022 Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) will allow Alaska Native Tribes...
Native groups endorse preservation of open primaries, ranked-choice voting
During their October meeting the Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) and Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS) passed a resolution to endorse the preservation of open primaries...
Anchorage Museum reconsiders free admission for Alaska Natives
In the midst of divided reaction to a new policy of allowing Alaska Natives free admission to the Anchorage Museum, the museum has paused...
