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Photo by Rhonda McBrideAlaska tribes were handed a setback from the Deputy Interior Secretary, who issued an opinion that takes away their jurisdiction over Alaska Native allotments and gives it back to the state. The decision threatens the Eklutna tribe's new Chin'an Gaming Hall near Anchorge, after decades of battling with the state over its right to build a casino on a Native allotment. -
Photo by Petty Officer Second Class Prentice Danner/U.S. Coast GuardThe route would be a two-way corridor for ships to travel between the northern edge of the Bering Strait and the US-Canada maritime border.
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George Fox was one of the forgotten soldiers of World War II. Alaska wasn't even a state when he left his Aleutian Island village to serve in the military. He died in combat on June 1st, 1944. Almost 80 years later, his service is finally being recognized. -
After only one season, ABC is cancelling its drama, Alaska Daily. The series had a story line which brought attention to the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous people. -
An Alaska Airlines jet gets a new facelift. Crystal Worl designed the artwork for this custom aircraft, named Xáat Kwáani, to celebrate its Indigenous theme, which depicts the importance of salmon. The airlines says it's the first time a domestic airline has named a plane in its fleet in an Alaska Native language. -
For many Alaska Natives, the news that two major tribal groups have pulled out of the Alaska Federation of Natives came as a shock. A look some of the possible political undercurrents behind the decision of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska and the Tanana Chiefs Conference to leave AFN. -
Since 2019, five organizations have pulled out of the Alaska Federation of Natives, the state's largest Native organization. Those include three regional Native corporations and this week, two large tribal organizations. -
As Anchorage's Sullivan Arena phases out its winter shelter program, an art exhibit explores the meaning of home, through the eyes of those who don't have a place to call home. -
Why some tribal health advocates believe that reclaiming culture and traditions can help heal the body, the mind and the spirit. -
This year's National Indian Health Board tribal health conference has drawn more than a thousand tribal health advocates to Anchorage. -
Alex Arduser was supposed to meet his pilot on a sandbar at Egg Island near Cordova on Tuesday, but did not show up at the appointed time. -
Leaders from the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council talk with state lawmakers and their staff about the importance of their work and how they can help keep Indigenous languages alive.
