Joseph Nelson was charged with misdemeanor driving under the influence
Alaska Native Corporations
Sealaska chairman, former Senator Kookesh hospitalized after heart attack
Former state Senator Albert Kookesh was medevaced to Anchorage Monday morning after suffering a heart attack.
New Sealaska land bills introduced in Congress
Alaska’s congressional delegation today introduced new Sealaska land-selection bills. Both would turn about 70,000 acres of the Tongass National Forest over to Sealaska, the regional Native corporation for Southeast Alaska.
Tlingit elder, Sealaska board member Clarence Jackson dies
A memorial service for Tlingit elder and original Sealaska Corporation board member Clarence Jackson will be held Saturday at 5 p.m. at the ANB Hall in Juneau. Jackson died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 78.
Sealaska dividend due out in December
Sealaska shareholders will soon get their largest end-of-year dividend in three years. But it’s mostly due to the success of another regional Native corporation.
Sealaska Heritage gets education & Soboleff Center grants
Sealaska Heritage Institute has received a total of $4.5 million for educational programs and the Walter Soboleff Center to be built in downtown Juneau.