DHSS commissioner will address AFN convention
Alaska Commissioner of Health and Social Services Valerie Davidson will deliver the keynote address at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage on...
Call issued for survival of Alaska Native languages
Efforts to ensure the survival of Alaska Native languages threatened with extinction have picked up speed with the signing of Administrative Order 300 in...
Work begins on Kivalina evacuation, school site access road
Construction of a seven-mile evacuation and school site access road project is under way in the northwest Alaska coastal community of Kivalina.Equipment, fuel and...
Murkowski votes against advancing Kavanaugh
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voted today, Oct. 5, against moving ahead with confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.The vote was...
Murkowski opposed Kavanaugh nomination to Supreme Court
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said on the evening of Oct. 5 that she opposed the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme...
Grant aids rural backhaul pilot program
A $120,000 Environmental Protection Agency grant will allow a non-profit Anchorage firm to address waste issues in 30 rural off-the-road Alaska Native villages accessible...
Culture Week engages, inspires Mt. Eccles students
On the final day of this year’s Indigenous People’s Culture Week at Mt. Eccles Elementary school, elder Bob Ladd told a story first shared...
$900,000 grant will aid tribal courts
A federal grant of $900,000 will help implement the Civil Diversion Agreement the state has reached with more Alaska tribes, Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth...
Cordova Ikumat dancers will perform at AFN convention
Performers with the Cordova Ikumat Dance Group will perform on Thursday, Oct. 18, during Quyana Alaska, a special event at the annual convention of...
Alaska tribes, state officials denounce Indian Child Welfare Act ruling
As Alaska moves to strengthen ties with tribes over foster care and adoptions involving tribal children, a new federal court ruling out of Texas...
