Alaska Native Government & Policy

Dec 01 2019
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A new report sheds more light on how climate change is impacting Alaska Native villages

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Environment, Interior, North Slope, Northwest, Science & Tech, Southwest, University of Alaska, Western

A recent report compiled by the Army Corps of Engineers and researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks documents erosion and other environmental threats facing communities in rural Alaska.

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Nov 21 2019
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Metlakatla, which depends on water, has moved quickly to accommodate the realities of drought

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Climate Change, Community, Environment, Local Government, Science & Tech, Southeast, Weather

Following a season of drought, the Southeast Alaska community of Metlakatla is navigating a different relationship with water, like a number of other places in the region.

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Nov 20 2019
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A new oil boom on Alaska’s North Slope is encircling a village, and residents have raised a red flag

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Local Government, North Slope, Science & Tech, Subsistence

A major proposed North Slope oil project is running into local opposition from residents of the village of Nuiqsut, who are already partially surrounded by development and wary of more.

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Nov 08 2019
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Walter Echo-Hawk talks to a man after giving a speech on the 1955 Tee-Hit-Ton Tlingit loss of a Supreme Court case on Nov. 7, 2019, in Juneau. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska's Energy Desk)

In Tlingit land-rights loss, a Native American rights attorney lays out injustice and hope for the future

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Federal Government, History, Southeast

In a lecture at the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Walter Echo-Hawk laid out the factors leading to the Supreme Court’s 1955 Tee-Hit-Ton Tlingit land rights decision.

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Oct 31 2019
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Alaska’s top environmental watchdog: State is tackling global warming, but ‘it’s not an emergency’

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Climate Change, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Politics, State Government

Not long after being sworn in, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy disbanded the state’s climate change response team. But Jason Brune, Dunleavy’s top environmental regulator, says the administration isn’t ignoring the issue.

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Oct 21 2019
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Pushed by young people, AFN declares a climate emergency

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Climate Change, Crime & Courts, Environment, Interior, Politics, Public Safety, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence

The Alaska Federation of Natives convention heard remarks by both of Alaska’s U.S. senators and voted on a number or resolutions, one of which sparked a contentious debate on climate change.

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Oct 21 2019
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Cook Inlet Region, Inc. President and CEO Sophie Minich speaks about why the Alaska Native corporation supports the recall of Gov. Mike Dunleavy at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Fairbanks on Oct. 18, 2019. (Photo by Casey Grove/Alaska Public Media)

Recall comes to the fore of AFN convention in Fairbanks

By | 2 Alaska, A News, Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Business, Economy, Government, Politics, State Government

On stage at AFN, the president and CEO of Cook Inlet Region Inc. pointed to the governor’s “violation of separation of powers” and the impacts of state budget cuts as reasons the Alaska Native corporation supports the recall effort.

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