Many say the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance is beyond anything they’ve experienced before. But there are preludes in Native American history, and you don’t have to look too far back to find them.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
North Slope schools expand curricula to ‘reflect ideologies of the Inupiat’
North Slope government and history is now part of high school graduation requirements for all North Slope Borough schools. The borough school board passed a new policy this month making the curriculum change mandatory for students, effectively beginning with freshmen who start in 2017.
Alaska Native corporation acquires oil and gas leases in Arctic waters
The Alaska Native corporation representing the North Slope has bought two federal leases in the Beaufort sea formerly owned by Shell. That gives the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, or ASRC, the right to explore for oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean, which has historically been controversial in the region.
Juneau locals protest DAPL outside senators’ offices
One participant said there were 30 to 40 people carrying signs, chanting and protesting a variety of issues including corporate influence, environmental issues and indigenous rights.
Blood lines: Sealaska studies Alaska Native descendant dilemma
Subsistence marine mammal hunt threatened by lineage definition.
Edward Itta remembered for balancing two worlds
Former North Slope Borough Mayor Edward Itta died Sunday in Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow. Family members said the cause was cancer. He was 71.