A private plane spotted one snowmachine on Friday afternoon about 28 miles south of Kotzebue, near some GCI towers.
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Alaskans remember Oliver Leavitt as an influential leader and whaling captain
Leavitt was a whaling captain and a cultural beacon for his people, fluent in Inupiaq and known for his ability to make skin whaling boats without a blueprint.
After nearly a month, running water restored to homes on St. George Island
After the loss of pressure in the water lines, city crew members scrambled to find the cause.
Giving thanks in 3 Alaska Native languages
Thanksgiving is the forerunner of the solstice on December 21, when the sun’s rays return to warm the earth and infuse words like mahsi’choo, quyana and gunalchéesh with love, light and life.
Ethel Lund remembered as a health care trailblazer for Southeast Alaska Natives
The Alaska Native Sisterhood honored Ethel Aanwoogeex’ Lund as a champion for Native health care at a memorial service in Juneau on Friday.
Peltola, politics pack first post-pandemic AFN agenda
This year’s convention is the first time in two years that delegates have met in person.
Elders and Youth Conference returns to in-person gathering
The Elders and Youth Conference is underway in Anchorage this week, back to what it used to be – a time for both young and old to make a personal connection through their love of Alaska Native culture.
Biden reauthorizes Violence Against Women Act empowering tribes to prosecute non-Native perpetrators
The Violence Against Women Act focuses on domestic violence and sexual assault survivor programs.
Supreme Court to hear challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act
The law was passed in 1978 in response to the disproportionate removal of Native children from their homes, families and communities.
Indigenous artists take the mainstage at Juneau’s Rock Aak’w
Fourteen musical acts will participate in an international Indigenous music festival this weekend.