After all the learning challenges this year brought on, Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School teacher calls the win a ‘glimmer of hope.’
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Lawsuit challenging Indian Child Welfare Act remains a case to watch for Alaska legal experts, despite split decision in federal court
What is now Brackeen v. Haaland began in 2018 as a lawsuit in Texas that challenges ICWA. The lawsuit says the federal law discriminates against non-Native families looking to adopt.
18-year-old killed in goose hunting accident in Western Alaska
An 18-year-old died when he was shot while bird hunting with two other young people in Nightmute on April 26.
An Anchorage woman was organizing a vaccine clinic for the Hmong community. Then her sister got gravely ill.
Translator Yeng Tao says it’s getting more and more difficult to find Hmong Alaskans willing to get vaccinated.
Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s suit over state’s herring management is resolved
Sitka Tribe of Alaska filed suit against Fish and Game in 2018 over the department’s management of the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery.
Opponents present case against ballot questions that would limit Juneau cruise ship traffic
Three days after paperwork was filed to start a campaign for ballot questions limiting cruise ship traffic, another group of locals organized to oppose them.