Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

First Lady Jill Biden visited Anchorage on Wednesday to talk with health officials and get a glimpse of how Tribal health care works in Alaska.During…

Former Lieutenant Governor Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson will step down from her role as president of Alaska Pacific University to lead the Alaska Native…

Suicide can be a difficult topic to talk about, particularly in a state that is often ranked at the top of the list for deaths by suicide. We recently…

By Joaqlin Estus, KNBAA Yup’ik woman from the Bristol Bay region known as one of the people who created the Alaska tribal health system and a savvy…

Oct. 6, 2016By Joaqlin Estus, KNBAHospitals typically are not in the business of providing legal aid to patients, but several tribal health facilities in…

Local governments win against oil companies on value of taxable propertyBy Associated PressThe Supreme Court in Alaska has upheld a ruling that the…

Sept. 3, 2015Change affects whether villages can get funds to fix existing water and sewer systems or only to replace themBy Joaqlin Estus, KNBA, with…

Sept. 3, 2015President Obama names Denali Commission as lead agency for coastal communities threatened by climate changeBased on a story by Zach Hughes,…

The slide show above gives glimpses of life in the dozens of villages in Alaska that lack flush toilets and running water. To find out more, click on the…

Ten years ago, the American Dental Association unsuccessfully sued to get the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium to halt its Alaska Dental Health…