Alaska Native Government & Policy

Aug 07 2019
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Environmental groups file new lawsuit to block new Izembek land swap deal

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Aleutians, Crime & Courts, Environment, Federal Government, Local Government, Politics, Southwest

Nine environmental groups have filed a new lawsuit to block a road in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. For nearby King Cove, it’s the latest in a long series of legal and political hurdles.

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Jul 29 2019
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With ANWR drilling on its doorstep, an Alaska Native village is poised to profit

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

It’s still too early to know if petroleum even exists in the refuge in commercially-viable quantities. But if it’s found, Kaktovik’s residents are simultaneously positioned to be among the biggest beneficiaries, and to experience some of the biggest disruptions.

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Jul 23 2019
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Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt.

It’s back: US Interior Dept. signs new land swap deal for King Cove road

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Aleutians, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Politics, Southwest, Transportation

The U.S. Interior Department has already signed a new land swap agreement for a King Cove road, just days after it gave up its appeal of a court ruling that its prior agreement violated federal law.

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Jul 04 2019
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Lauren Divine of the Ecosystem Conservation Office of Aleut Community of St. Paul holds a dead rat found on St. Paul Island after an intensive 10-month search.

A rat was found dead on St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea. Here’s why that’s a big deal.

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Community, Environment, Local Government, Science & Tech, Western, Wildlife

An intensive 10-month search for a stowaway rat that invaded the rat-free seabird paradise of St. Paul Island has come to a happy end for everyone. Except the rat.

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Jul 02 2019
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Quinhagak Tribal Police Officers John Peter and Phillip Charlie graduated from Rural Law Enforcement Training at Yuut Elitnaurviat in Bethel on June 14, 2019.

For Quinhagak tribal officers, law enforcement training means feeling prepared for a job they were already doing

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Community, Crime & Courts, Local Government, Public Safety, Southwest, State Government, Western

Quinhagak officers are on call 24/7, yet they’re only paid for 40 hours a week at $15 an hour. When asked how rural Alaska can increase law enforcement, each officer had the same answer: Pay us more.

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Jul 02 2019
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In Arctic Village, Gwich’in leaders say the fight to stop drilling in the Arctic Refuge isn’t over

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

Until recently, Gwich’in tribes were on the winning side of the battle over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Then, in late 2017, Congress opened the coastal plain to oil development.

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