Gov. Sean Parnell has signed legislation creating an Alaska Native Language and Advisory Council.
Alaska Native Arts & Culture
Sitka Tlingit elder Isabella Brady passes away at 88
She advocated against racial discrimination and for integrating cultural studies in the schools.
Thomas calls for more cooperation between tribes and ANCs
Rural Alaska’s economic and social problems require greater cooperation between Native Corporations and federally recognized tribes, says Tlingit and Haida Central Council President Ed Thomas. “We have very weak rural economies, we have high cost of energy that leads to high cost of living, higher cost of survival in our communities,” he says. Thomas says…
Native corporations and cultural sustainability
Alaska Native Corporations display a strong ethos of corporate responsibility, according to an anthropologist who studies the organizations.
Mallott says ANCSA is “unfinished business”
Sealaska director and former CEO Byron Mallott says the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act is a work in progress.
Worl AFN Citizen of the Year
Sealaska Heritage Foundation President Rosita Worl is the Alaska Federation of Native’s Citizen of the Year.