The lab tests samples from 17 communities in Southeast, as well as from tribes on Kodiak Island.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
Dunleavy administration loses lawsuit over Kake subsistence hunt
The Southeast tribal government in Kake had organized the deer and moose harvest early in the pandemic out of concerns about food security.
‘River is getting close.’ Erosion is threatening Napakiak’s school
The village is losing ground three times faster than it was 10 years ago, according to studies of Napakiak’s erosion.
Berries, wildlife and toxic land: The continuing push to clean up contamination in rural Alaska
When a string of Yup’ik elders from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, all received the same cancer diagnoses, officials initially shrugged it off as a bizarre medical mystery. But not long after, a different village reported an increase in unusual cancer symptoms as well.
Petersburg’s tribal administrator takes job leading United Fishermen of Alaska
Tracy Welch grew up in Petersburg and has a background in commercial fishing, gillnetting and long-lining.
COVID bills sent $1.7 billion to Alaska tribes, but distribution favored the smallest
Every tribe, even if it has just a few members and an administrator, was eligible for at least $2.64 million in American Rescue Plan funds.