Mabel Baldwin-Schaeffer is the first tribal coordinator for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s communications program.
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Advocates hope return of Alaska Native student from Carlisle Indian School inspires others to bring ancestors home
Sophia Tetoff is the first Alaska Native student buried at the former Carlisle school in Pennsylvania to return to Alaska. Tetoff’s relative, and other advocates, hope her story inspires others to seek the return of their ancestors.
Treasury rule change means more pandemic relief funding for small tribes
A requirement that tribes have at least 10 employees at first disqualified many Alaska Native tribes from the $1 million base amount.
Alaska’s getting millions this year to study landslides, but not for places recently impacted by deadly slides
State program officials say it will take a lot of money and many more years to do the kind of landslide assessment work the state needs.
Biden to freeze Tongass timber sales, invest in other Southeast Alaska sectors
The practical effect of Thursday’s announcement would be to freeze any remaining old growth timber sales except for those used in small scale salvage projects for cultural use by Alaska Native tribes and others.
Sen. Murkowski and Sec. Granholm announce energy grants for Alaska Native communities
Granholm said the grants from the Office of Indian Energy will help meet President Biden’s climate goals. She said they will fund some seven megawatts of clean power generation and battery storage.
Environmental regulators to give Alaska LNG pipeline another look
The federal Department of Energy announced last week that it’s ordering a supplemental environmental review of the Alaska LNG project.
Federal eviction moratorium extended through July
he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention introduced the eviction moratorium last September, to prevent the spread of COVID-19 through homeless shelters and other congregate living. The agency has extended the order several times and said this extension will be the last.
Remembering former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel
Throughout his twelve years as Alaska’s U.S. Senator, Mike Gravel relished stirring controversy, but he died quietly at his home in Seaside, California, on Saturday at the age of 91, surrounded by family.
‘I thought my name was my number’: Survivors recount Alaska boarding school experiences
Cultural expert Paul Ongtooguk and two boarding school survivors, Jim Aqpayuk LaBelle and Fred John Jr., shared their perspectives with Talk of Alaska on the legacy of boarding schools in Alaska.