The tribal groups signing the petition mostly represent areas of Alaska where salmon runs have crashed or declined dramatically in recent years.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
More tiny homes are coming to the Y-K Delta, thanks to pandemic relief funds. But are they a good idea?
Because these grants are tied to coronavirus relief funding, tribes must use the homes as isolation or quarantine units, at least at first.
Alaska tribal recognition initiative surpasses signature goal
Officials with the effort say they’ve collected more than 53,000 supporting signatures.
‘Tidal Network’, Tlingit & Haida’s new broadband internet service, coming to Wrangell
Wrangell is ideal because there are people with spotty service, but it’s not such a remote community that the Tribe would struggle to get people and equipment to town.
Profits eluded Sealaska for decades. Now it’s ditching timber and plastics, and investing in kelp.
An investment in Barnacle Foods, while small, is a potent symbol of the corporation’s new vision. Other corporations are taking similar steps.
Alaska Native leaders say tribal recognition is long overdue
The initiative wouldn’t give tribes any new powers because they are inherently sovereign. Instead, the initiative aims to have the state acknowledge that sovereignty.