Hannah Bissett
News ReporterHannah Bissett is a Dena'ina woman who is currently enrolled at University of Alaska Anchorage. Hannah is persuing a General Arts Associate degree and is a member of the Concert Board, and Alpha Sigma Alpha.
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The first day of the Alaska Federation of Natives Annual Convention kicked off Thursday in Anchorage. Thousands of people from across the state are gathering together for three days for the first in-person AFN convention since 2019. Virtual events were held over the last three years due to COVID-19. An issue of focus this year is the Native vote, especially as top offices for state and national seats are being voted on in the November general election. Candidates are making their appearances at AFN. -
Alaska experiences some of the highest rates of suicide in the nation. According to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, the rates are 47.6 percent higher for Indigenous people compared with non-Indigenous people in 2019. And while many unknowns and factors complicate suicide prevention and awareness, support and new educational materials are increasingly available.
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In Anchorage, a movement called the place-making movement is making a big splash by bringing representation for the Dena’ina with signs, statues and…
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According to incarceration data from the 2010 Census, Native American people accounted for more than one-third of adults incarcerated in Alaska. Legal…
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The Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program, or ANSEP, was created in 1995 as a scholarship program for Alaska Native students.Now, ANSEP is…
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Annauk Olin and her mother, Maggie Pollock, translated information about the COVID-19 vaccine and the Census into Iñupiaq. The mother-and-daughter duo…
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As our climate changes around us, the unusual is becoming more frequent.Whether it be shorter snow seasons, intense wildfires, or most recently-- storms…
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Gwich’in artist Colleen Firmin Thomas is from Fort Yukon and is known for her abstract paintings. In her piece, “Boundaries as Battlelines,” Thomas uses a…
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The National Park Service awarded a $56,254 grant to the Alutiiq Museum for a project called Return Them or Angilluki (ah-KNEE-loo-gee)Museum collections…
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The remains of an Alaska Native student buried more than 100 years ago at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania will return to Alaska.…
