In late December, the Association of Village Council Presidents laid off 30 employees. AVCP has made no official statement about why the layoffs occurred, but documents obtained by KYUK illustrate misappropriation of federal grant dollars spanning nearly a decade.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
Arctic Native leaders: Paris climate agreement didn’t address indigenous rights
Indigenous rights leaders say the Paris agreement doesn’t consider the people who are most affected by climate change.
Village police officer accused of raping teen previously celebrated at AFN convention
Brent Norton is charged with supplying alcohol to a minor and having sex with her while she was unconscious. The 16-year-old girl was found dead hours later.
Education reform bill keeps some elements of No Child Left Behind
Many lawmakers say they’re happy to dump No Child Left Behind, but the new education bill leaves in place major elements of the law, and that may not be a terrible thing.
Nunavik Inuit mourn the passing of Juneau mayor Greg Fisk
“He’s definitely in the history books of the Inuit of Nunavik.”
Recovery from addiction led Haines carver to healing art
Wayne Price thinks if there is going to be a wider healing among Natives in America, the U.S. government needs to apologize for the devastating toll the boarding schools took.