Alaska Native Arts & Culture

A judge ruled that the State of Alaska violated the Voting Rights Act by failing to provide translations into Native languages.

“It was suspect in some cases how the artifacts actually ended up in private hands, so to return them to the rightful owner was the right thing to do,” says Carol Laumen.

Attorneys argued before the Alaska Court of Appeals in downtown Anchorage yesterday about whether Yup’ik fishermen, who fished for Chinook or king Salmon during a closure on the Kuskokwim River in 2012, were wrongfully convicted.

“We can utilize our programs with the state’s programs to deliver better services to our communities and our people,” says Richard Peterson.

Dick Dauenhauer was teaching folklore at Alaska Methodist University in the early 1970s when he met student Nora Marks.