The Alaska Native Sisterhood celebrated its 100th anniversary in October 2015. The Sisterhood began as an auxillary of the Alaska Native Brotherhood, which had been founded three years earlier in 1912. However, women’s organizations did exist in Southeast previous to the founding of the ANS, but many of them eventually organized under the Sisterhood, establishing…

Panel: What Happens Next? What Are the Institutional and Political Factors in Making Decisions Going Forward? How Can Citizens Have More of a Say? Sen. John Coghill; Rep. David Guttenberg; Commissioner of Revenue Randy Hoffbeck Moderators: Cliff Groh and Larry Persily

Where is the Alaska economy headed? How will our fiscal choices affect the Alaska economy? What do the answers to those two questions say about what fiscal choices make sense? Bill Popp vs. Mark Foster Moderator: Rhonda McBride

Citizens present proposals to fill $2.5-billion annual gap for five consecutive years and then answer questions Citizens with proposals: John Havelock; Brad Keithley; Liz Medicine Crow; Gary Wilken Moderators: Cliff Groh; Gunnar Knapp; Larry Persily Proposals: Brad Keithley: “Sustainable Budget Proposal” Gary Wilken: “Everyone Helps a Little: A Five-Year Fiscal Plan” John Havelock: “The Hat Trick”…

Introduction Cliff Groh, Chair of Alaska Common Ground Overview: What’s the Problem? What Steps Could We Take?Overview by Prof. Gunnar Knapp; David Teal, Director, Alaska Legislative Finance Division; Larry Persily, and Ian Laing (with explanatory tools) Moderator: Cliff Groh

Yngvil Vatn Guttu doesn’t just make music. She makes music happen. Since the age of three, when she produced a note on a trumpet on her first try, Yngvil has been inexplicably attracted to the instrument. Little did she know just how much power it would exert over her. Nor just how much of that…