At NCAI Mid Year Convention, Alaska Native Leaders Call for United Front to Protect Salmon and Tribal Lifeways

Alaska Native leaders used the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Mid Year Convention in Memphis, Tennessee, to ...
SeafoodSource

Alaskan Indigenous corporations win USD 1.8 million in attorney fees after Alaska loses Kuskokwim River lawsuit

A 2021 legal battle between Alaskan Indigenous corporations, the Alaska Board of Fish and Game, and the Federal Subsistence ...
fox13now

Alaska Native tribes fighting to overturn laws criminalizing their traditional way of life

In a place where mountains are the only skyscrapers and the road to get home can’t be found on GPS, you’ll find the tribal ways that have survived for thousands of years. “We don't have to go to the ...
Courthouse News Service

Alaska tribes fight controversial gold mine project

Alaska Native tribes asked a federal judge on Tuesday to toss the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of a gold mining ...
Alaska Public Media

Federal officials say proposed drastic changes to a contracting program won't affect tribes and Native corporations

Alaska Native corporations rely on contracts awarded through the 8(a) program – especially from the Department of Defense – ...
Juneau Empire

New lawsuit seeks to limit Alaska Native tribes’ authority, stop Eklutna gambling hall

The state of Alaska has filed suit against the federal Department of the Interior in an attempt to overturn a legal opinion that allowed the Native Village of Eklutna to open a federally regulated ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska Native leaders say the USDA's reorganization plan could threaten tribal food security

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced in July a plan to reorganize the Department of Agriculture, citing the need to decrease spending and bureaucracy. That plan is not final, but the ...