In 2014, U.S. Coast Guard officers reported a Metlakatla tribal member fishing in a closed area without a state commercial fishing permit. When they boarded the boat they found a few dozen coho salmon, which the skipper reportedly said he intended to sell.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
Akiak to become first in Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta with high-speed broadband internet
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta is the second largest region in the United States without access to broadband internet, but not for much longer.
Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal organization will require COVID-19 vaccine for employees
There will be an exemption process for the vaccine requirement, though it hasn’t been explicitly laid out.
Treasury rule change means more pandemic relief funding for small tribes
A requirement that tribes have at least 10 employees at first disqualified many Alaska Native tribes from the $1 million base amount.
State grants 12 water rights permits for proposed Donlin gold mine
Six tribes opposed the water rights permits, saying that removing that much water from the area could hurt the region’s water supply and ecosystem.
Juneau coffee shop gets makeover from Tlingit artists
Artist Michaela Goade said Tlingit and Haida “really wanted something to help liven up the space and to help tribal members feel more at home.”