Tripp J Crouse
Originally from the Midwest, Tripp Crouse (Ojibwe, a descendent of Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, pronouns: they/them) has 15-plus years in print, web and radio journalism. Tripp first moved to Alaska in 2016 to work with KTOO Public Media in Juneau. And later moved to Anchorage in 2018 to work with KNBA and Koahnic Broadcast Corporation. Tripp currently works for Spruce Root in Juneau, Alaska. Tripp also served as chair of the Station Advisory Committee for Native Public Media.
A former member of Native American Journalist Association, Alaska Native Media Group and Alaska Press Club, Tripp is an award-winning journalist with the goal of increasing the visibility and representation of Indigenous people in media.
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A group from the Lower 48 plans to share an Indigenous artform and advocate for physical, spiritual and cultural healing in Alaska. The effort is called the Jingle Dress Project. And the group hopes a trip to Alaska is the first of many. -
A group of law professors wants the U.S. Ninth Circuit to reconsider a split decision from March that would allow a land swap. The swap would create a potentially life-saving road between King Cove and Cold Bay, but the road would cross a national wildlife refuge. -
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Some Alaska Native Elders must make the tough choice of whether to give their Native corporation shares away to be eligible for federal programs like SNAP. A piece of federal legislation would exclude settlement trust benefits from counting against their eligibility for some federal programs. -
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed into law Thursday (March 31, 2022) an alert system for missing and murdered Indigenous women. The alert system will be similar to Amber or silver alerts -- where information about missing persons is shown on highway signs and distributed via text message.
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On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, President Joe Biden signed an omnibus spending package for fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act) into law.The nearly 3-thousand-page bill includes a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA. -
The hearing will be 6 a.m. Alaska (10 a.m Eastern), Tuesday, March 8, 2022. The hearing will examine how the U.S. government dispossessed Indigenous people of land -- and the impact of that dispossession on federal land management practices.
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Originally put in place in the 1970s during peak beaver trapping, a regulation that requires submerged traps was both meant to prevent over-trapping of the species but also discourage targeting other species or decrease the risk of accidentally trapping another type of animal. But over the years, water levels fluctuate enough that could cause trappers to fall out of compliance. -
Washington state legislation would create an alert to help identify and locate missing Indigenous women and people.
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The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday, February 28, that it will hear several cases challenging the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, or ICWA. The law was passed in 1978 in response to the disproportionate removal of Native children from their homes, families and communities.
