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Communities across southern Alaska have been dealing with intermittent ferry service since fall, and Kodiak Island is the latest to face an extended hiatus of regular service. The Department of Transportation announced last week that maintenance for the Kennicott has been delayed, and she won’t be placed back into service until April 21. The Tustumena, the other ship to serve the island, also is in the shipyard and won’t be back to port in Kodiak til late spring.
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The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold an oversight hearing at 10:30 a.m. Alaska time, Wednesday, February 2, 2022. The meeting is scheduled to examine and advance the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and its 30 years. -
Juneau’s police chief was honored with an award for public service at the 2021 Alaska Federation of Natives convention. Ed Mercer is Lingít of the Raven Coho clan, and he’s the city’s first Alaska Native police chief. He’s been with the Juneau Police Department for more than 20 years and has been the chief since 2017.
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At IndigiNews we choose to honour ceremony first. This newsletter is completely dedicated to holding space so it looks a bit different. Our grieving protocol tells us when a sacred fire is lit, we go into ceremony. In order to hold space for ceremony and spirit we will also be going silent as an outlet and not publishing any stories to our website after 1 p.m.
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The legal news service Law 360 reports that the city of Nome is arguing that crime victims have no constitutional right to a police investigation – and cites a 1972 Supreme Court decision (Linda R.S. v Richard D).
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As the City of Kenai waited for the pieces of its stabilization project to fall into place, property owners watched more and more of the bluff fall into the river.
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