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Oct 23 2017
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Keggulluk Earl Polk is featured in "We Breathe Again," a documentary that follows four Alaska Natives on their path through the healing process. Polk attended a screening of the film in Bethel in September. (Photo by Christine Trudeau/KYUK)

Elders And Youth Conference takes a look at healing with film ‘We Breathe Again’

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Arts & Culture, Mental Health, Southcentral, Southwest

Native communities across Alaska are seeking a key to understanding the epidemic of suicide. The film screened Tuesday last week during the First Alaskans Institute 2017 Elders and Youth Conference held prior to the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage last week.

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Oct 20 2017
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The Atautchimukta dance group performs at the 2017 AFN convention.

State attorney general says all 229 Alaska tribes are sovereign

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Family, Southcentral, State Government

“I don’t know if the gravity really is hitting everybody, but we’ve been arguing for recognition since statehood, and under this administration the attorney general has provided an opinion that, yes, tribes do exist, that we have inherent sovereignty,” said Richard Peterson, president of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.

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