Alena Naiden
Alaska Desk Reporter at KNBABased at KNBA in Anchorage, Alena Naiden is an Alaska Desk reporter who focuses on rural and Indigenous communities in the Arctic and around the state.
Before joining the Desk, Alena was a reporter at the Anchorage Daily News and Arctic Sounder for over three years, covering a wide range of issues affecting the North Slope and Northwest Arctic. Before that, she wrote for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
Alena is from Russia and considers herself lucky to call Alaska home.
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Many of the Western Alaskan residents displaced by Typhoon Halong also lost their subsistence harvests. -
Reindeer were brought to St. Lawrence Island after a devastating famine in the late 1800s. Now they could be a food security solution for the future. -
Alaska Federation of Natives delegates passed 42 resolutions on Saturday, including a call for more help for Western Alaska and protections for subsistence practices -
Representatives from several Indigenous-led organizations discussed co-management strategies at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention panel. -
At the Elders & Youth conference, a group of women and girls talked about the monthly gatherings that guide them through important transitions in life. -
Indigenous organizations and local leaders were focusing on the destruction from the recent storm before the start of the convention. -
Dozens of residents were rescued after floodwaters in multiple communities swept homes off their foundations. -
Permafrost thaw and erosion have been causing some of the ice cellars in Alaska to collapse or flood but residents hope to preserve traditional food storage. -
It’s an effort to bolster coordination between North Slope villages during disasters. -
The 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.
