Alaska Native Government & Policy

Oct 17 2019
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Alaska Native organizer and activist Samuel Johns protests during a speech by Gov. Mike Dunleavy at the 2019 Alaska Federation of Natives Conference at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.

Protest, policy critiques punctuate first day of Fairbanks AFN

By | 2 Alaska, Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Politics, State Government

Other notable elements of the Alaska Federation of Natives convention included talk about missing and murdered indigenous women, rural public safety issues, and the keynote speech by Iditarod winner Pete Kaiser

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Oct 02 2019
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This old Alaska mining town is almost a ghost town. It has everything to gain from Donlin mine.

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Community, Economy, Education, Energy & Mining, Environment, Family, Federal Government, Food, Health, History, Interior, Local Government, Southwest, State Government, Subsistence, Western

The school closed long ago. There is no city or tribal council. A proposed mine nearby could change all that. But what’s the risk?

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Oct 02 2019
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For people who live in remote Red Devil, an old mine’s toxic legacy is not enough to doubt Donlin’s promise

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Community, Economy, Education, Energy & Mining, Environment, Family, Federal Government, Food, Health, History, Interior, Local Government, Southwest, State Government, Subsistence, Western

A mine built Red Devil. It also left behind enough pollution to require a federal government clean up, and some people are still not supposed to eat the fish.

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Oct 02 2019
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How do you revive an almost ghost town in remote Alaska? Ask the 20 residents of Red Devil who are betting on Donlin mine.

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Community, Economy, Education, Energy & Mining, Environment, Family, Federal Government, Food, Health, History, Interior, Local Government, Southwest, State Government, Subsistence, Western

How do you you restart a city government? Red Devil residents are making phone calls to find out.

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Sep 27 2019
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Donlin runway and camp site in summer 2014.

YK Delta tribal consortium withdraws support for Donlin Gold mine

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Local Government, Politics, Southwest, Western

Delegates at the Association of Village Council Presidents’ annual convention overwhelmingly voted to withdraw a 2006 resolution supporting the Donlin Gold mine, then passed a separate resolution that opposes it.

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Sep 18 2019
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The MV Tustumena docked in Kodiak.

Kodiak villages prepare for reduced ferry service this fall and winter

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Local Government, Southcentral, Southwest, State Government, Transportation

While the city of Kodiak has relatively reliable alternatives for transportation to mainland Alaska, an upcoming gap in ferry service will pose serious difficulties for the some of the island’s outlying villages.

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