A Haines tribe is in the final stages of buying a local dock that has gone unused for years. The Chilkoot Indian Association sees the Portage Cove dock as an economic development opportunity and a chance to keep a piece of land in tribal hands.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
Alaska’s congressional delegation addresses AFN on final day of convention
Sen. Dan Sullivan’s recounted President Trump suggesting reversing the McKinley-Denali name change in a meeting. “And Sen. Murkowski and I jumped over the desk and we said ‘No!'”
Alaska Native tribes unite to oppose mega-mines
Tribal groups from opposite ends of the state have formed an alliance to fight mines they say threaten traditional fisheries.
Elders And Youth Conference takes a look at healing with film ‘We Breathe Again’
Native communities across Alaska are seeking a key to understanding the epidemic of suicide. The film screened Tuesday last week during the First Alaskans Institute 2017 Elders and Youth Conference held prior to the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage last week.
Murkowski addresses climate change during last day of AFN
The 51st Alaska Federation of Natives wrapped up Saturday in Anchorage on Saturday. Delegates passed a number of resolutions and heard from all three members of the state’s U.S. congressional delegation.
State attorney general says all 229 Alaska tribes are sovereign
“I don’t know if the gravity really is hitting everybody, but we’ve been arguing for recognition since statehood, and under this administration the attorney general has provided an opinion that, yes, tribes do exist, that we have inherent sovereignty,” said Richard Peterson, president of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.