Photo by Will Mader, KTOO.
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Prison Policy Initiative, a Massachusetts-based think tank, calls attention to Alaska's disproportionately high rate of incarceration for Alaska Natives and American Indians, leading the list of state prisons, in which Natives are overrepresented.
Courtesy of Rep. Mary Peltola
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Photo by Matt Faubion, Alaska Public Media.
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Alaska Public Media
KNBA News
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Fish and family. That's what you'll find at the Fish On Camp Grill, next to The Gathering Place, the home for Alaska Native artists and performers at the Alaska State Fair, where many consider Bessie Meyer's fish cutting demonstration one of the main acts. -
Alaska Department of Safety says its new Missing Indigenous Persons report aims to keep Alaskans better informed about the status of cases.
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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland acknowledges that Alaska tribes needs more resources to lay the foundation for a public safety and justice system that is closer to home.
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This year's Alaska Federation of Natives photo contest is expected to be more popular with this year's theme, "Our Ways of Life," celebrating hunting and gathering and Native language and culture.
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Alaska Attorney General continues to challenge the Interior Department's decision to give trust status to a parcel of land owned by the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
