Alaska Native Corporations

Jun 15 2018
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Alaska’s northernmost town still in transition 1 1/2 years after official name change

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Community, Local Government

“Barrow” is everywhere while walking around town: on the fire trucks, in the name of the high school, the local utility company, on the North Slope Borough’s official logo. But the name “Utqiaġvik” is showing up, as well. It’s on City Hall and on municipal department letterhead.

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May 09 2018
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Tara Sweeney at the annual Alaska Federation of Natives convention in October 2017. Her nomination to be assistant interior secretary for Indian affairs has been held up for months.

Watch: Tara Sweeney’s nomination hearing to be assistant secretary for Indian Affairs

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Federal Government, Nation & World

The executive director of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation is nominated to be the assistant secretary of Indian Affairs for the U.S. Department of the Interior. Tara Sweeney of Alaska will testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs at noon Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

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Apr 09 2018
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A fire left its mark on this Tongass National Forest tree trunk, as seen in 2008.

Sealaska Corporation announces multimillion dollar deal to keep trees in the ground

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska's Energy Desk, Economy, Juneau, Sealaska, Southeast, Timber

Southeast’s regional Native corporation is using some of its lands for carbon sequestration. It’s the first carbon bank in the state to be approved for the California cap-and-trade market.

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