For the tribes, it’s about guarding their sovereignty as governments.
Alaska Native Corporations
Pedro Bay shareholders accept $19M deal that would thwart efforts to mine Pebble deposit
More than 90% of shareholders have agreed to the plan. It calls for The Conservation Fund to buy easements on 44,000 acres.
Friends and colleagues remember Tlingit leader Kookesh as a man of the people
Albert Kookesh, the Tlingit leader, Indigenous rights advocate, culture bearer, politician and basketball player, died Friday at 72. His death is reverberating across the state and his home region of Southeast Alaska.
Former senator, longtime Alaska Native leader Albert Kookesh dies
Kookesh was a legendary figure in Southeast Alaska, starting as a star basketball player at Mount Edgecumbe High School.
Some shareholders wary as Sealaska proposes trust to handle future payouts
Sealaska says it wants to take advantage of the 2017 tax overhaul passed by Congress that allows corporations to offer tax-free payments to shareholders.
Judge hands down split decision in Native corporation free speech case
The state’s Division of Banking & Securities cited Ray Austin last year and ordered him to pay $1,000 for dozens of Facebook posts that criticized sitting Goldbelt directors.