The campaign to boost Alaska Native turnout was in high gear at the annual gathering of the Alaska Federation of Natives.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
Alaska Federation of Natives endorses Peltola, opposes ranked choice repeal
Delegates from tribes, nonprofit tribal organizations and regional and village Native corporations passed 18 resolutions ranging from a call for Congress to recognize Native rights to subsistence hunting to support for the state prioritizing public education funding.
New rule adds three Alaska tribal representatives to federal board managing subsistence
In addition, the federal government announced three agreements with tribal organizations on the management of lands and waters.
Thousands of Alaska Natives to gather in Anchorage this week
“The Convention is the largest representative annual gathering in the United States of Native peoples.”
Alaska tribes get nearly $14 million in federal grants to address domestic violence, sexual assault
Nearly $14 million of those dollars were awarded to Alaska tribes and tribal organizations.
Alaska enacts law to reduce high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous persons
In an effort to change course, Alaska has a new law addressing missing and murdered Indigenous persons.