A new program from the FCC is giving tribes across the country the opportunity to claim licenses within the 2.5 GHz spectrum that would allow them to provide broadband to their communities.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
Scientists say Sitka herring is on the rebound, while subsistence users remain skeptical
Herring stocks in Sitka Sound are on the rebound, according to state scientists tracking the data. But subsistence users are skeptical.
Tlingit cultural items could be headed back to Alaska
Under federal law, such cultural or sacred objects belong to Indigenous descendants and can be removed from museums for repatriation
This July 4th, Native rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich gets a new mural in Petersburg
At a time when monuments of colonizers and enslavers are being debated and removed across the country, a mural is going up this July 4th in the birth place and on the birthday of a Native civil rights leader. The new mural in the Southeast Alaska community of Petersburg celebrates Elizabeth Peratrovich, her legacy as…
Effort to have term limits for Sealaska board fails, and other news from the 2020 annual meeting
In the race for Sealaska’s board of directors, three of the four seats up for election went to board-endorsed candidates running on a joint platform.
It’s not just people who need to worry about getting sick from eating shellfish; pets can get PSP too
It’s not just people that can get sick or even die from eating toxic mussels, clams or other shellfish. Pet owners need to watch out for their pups too.
Native Village of Eklutna will decide what to do with Captain Cook statue in downtown Anchorage
Cook, a famed British explorer, was in the Anchorage area for short period in May and June of 1778; he and his crew were the first Europeans to reach Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet. His visit is remembered in the oral tradition of the Dena’ina people.
A new transportation route for the proposed Pebble Mine faces backlash from land owners
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has recommended a transportation corridor that cuts through land owned by several Bristol Bay entities that refuse to grant Pebble access to their properties.
Kake granted emergency hunting request during pandemic
The federal subsistence board approved a special hunting request on Monday that permits the Organized Village of Kake to harvest deer or moose out of season.
Tribal governments have been waiting since April for permission to hunt during pandemic
That decision is typically granted by a federal board, but because everything about the pandemic is unprecedented, it hasn’t been simple.