The bill would return land to five Alaska Native communities in Southeast Alaska that were left out of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
Plan for Alaska’s first tribally operated public schools inches closer to completion
Five tribes are anticipated to be part of the five-year pilot program: Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Ketchikan Indian Community, King Island Native Community and the Knik Tribe.
With bison herds and ancestral seeds, Indigenous communities embrace food sovereignty
Native Americans are returning to raising buffalo and plants that tribes have grown for millennia. It’s a way to reconnect with historic traditions, and to bring healthy eating to their communities.
Biden to sign order promoting tribal self-determination
The order comes as the 11th White House Tribal Nations Summit begins in Washington, D.C.
The story behind the transfer of Klukwan Presbyterian Church to Chilkat Indian Village
KTOO’s Yvonne Krumrey spoke with Lex Treinen from the Chilkat Valley News about what this change means for Klukwan.
Tlingit and Haida opens Washington state office
President Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson says it’s part of an effort to establish a presence in all of the tribe’s communities.