Alaska Native Corporations

Jul 19 2019
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Richard Glenn, left, and Matthew Rexford, tribal administrator for Kaktovik, wait to testify at a 2019 House hearing on drilling in the Arctic Refuge.

Two worlds that overlap: Richard Glenn sees ANWR drilling as a boon to Iñupiaq communities

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, North Slope, Politics, The Future of the Arctic Refuge: Riches or Ruin?, Wildlife

Richard Glenn is an inconvenient truth for opponents of drilling in the Arctic Refuge. He presents a challenge to a prevalent narrative in Washington, D.C., that Native people oppose development in the Arctic.

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Jun 28 2019
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Can trauma be passed down through DNA? Researchers and Hoonah residents search for answers.

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Community, Family, Health, Science & Tech, Sealaska, Southeast

It’s well known that traumatic experiences can have lifelong impacts on health and well-being. But it’s possible that those effects can last longer than a single lifetime. A new study asks whether the effects of trauma have been passed down genetically in Tlingit families in Hoonah.

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May 24 2019
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Major planned North Slope oil project gets key federal permit

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, North Slope

Papua New Guinea-based company Oil Search announced Thursday it received a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers for its Pikka development, planned west of Prudhoe Bay.

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Mar 27 2019
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Bernadette Demientieff, director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee, waits to testify at a U.S. House hearing on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Which Native voices? On ANWR, lawmakers practice selective listening.

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Arctic, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Interior, Nation & World, North Slope, Politics, Subsistence, Wildlife

Rep. Don Young told his colleagues to disregard the anti-drilling Gwich’in witnesses, while pro-development Iñupiaq witnesses accused Democrats of erasing them from the land that’s been their home for centuries.

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Mar 20 2019
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As Trump administration contemplates drilling in Arctic waters, North Slope organizations stress need to protect subsistence resources

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Economy, Energy & Mining, Federal Government, Local Government, Nation & World, Subsistence

In public comments made available on a federal site, most North Slope institutions didn’t express outright opposition to the plan. But they did voice concern for subsistence resources and hunters’ continued access to them.

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Mar 18 2019
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New House Tribal Affairs Committee aims to advance state relationships

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Southeast, Southwest, State Government

Because the Alaska state government’s relationship with tribes cuts across many different state departments, House lawmakers decided to have one committee that would attend to the full range of tribal affairs.

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