Tribes can exert jurisdiction over allotments granted to individual Natives, the department’s head attorney said on Feb. 1.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
Tlingit and Haida is hiring ambassadors to share Lingít culture at the Mendenhall Glacier
The role is part of the new co-management strategy between the U.S. Forest Service and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
Julie Kitka to step down as longtime head of the Alaska Federation of Natives
Next month, AFN will open up the application process, the first step in choosing the next person to lead state’s largest Native organization.
Juneau Tlingit and Haida Community Council donates $150,000 to local school programs
The funding will support school activities, a snack program and Indian Studies programs.
Alaska Native Tribes pressure Canada for rights in Unuk River mining project
Southeast Alaska tribes have long demanded a seat at the table in how Canada manages mining projects that affect lands and waters across its border.
Tribes organize ‘First Indigenous Sovereign Habitat Tribal Conservation District,’ from Bering Sea to Interior Alaska
The initiative is an attempt by tribes in the area to gain more say over some of the millions of acres of federal land that were set aside under section D-1 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971.
‘Landless’ legislation passes committee for the first time in history
The bill would return land to five Alaska Native communities in Southeast Alaska that were left out of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971.
Plan for Alaska’s first tribally operated public schools inches closer to completion
Five tribes are anticipated to be part of the five-year pilot program: Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, Ketchikan Indian Community, King Island Native Community and the Knik Tribe.
With bison herds and ancestral seeds, Indigenous communities embrace food sovereignty
Native Americans are returning to raising buffalo and plants that tribes have grown for millennia. It’s a way to reconnect with historic traditions, and to bring healthy eating to their communities.
Biden to sign order promoting tribal self-determination
The order comes as the 11th White House Tribal Nations Summit begins in Washington, D.C.