On Sept. 6, 2014, Franklin Hoogendorn was stripped, held down and then tased in his cell. The letter alleges that prejudice exists within the Sitka Police Department and asks the FBI to consult with the tribe during the investigation.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
Organization aims to establish tribal court in every YK village
The Association of Village Council Presidents is a nonprofit representing 56 villages across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, and they want each village to develop its own tribal court.
Alaska Supreme Court rules in favor of Kookesh, Angoon subsistence fishermen
The court found that because the regulation used to cite the men was not created according to law, it’s unenforceable. The decision could have a major impact on Department of Fish and Game bag limits across the state.
Nome Native corporation sells mining equipment, reclaims land
It’s been a long and unproductive road for the Rock Creek Mine. But now that it’s being liquidated, money will finally flow into the pockets of its current owner, Bering Straits Native Corporation.
British Columbia goes after leaking Tulsequah Chief Mine
British Columbia is telling owners of a leaky mine that it’s time to stop polluting a river that flows into Alaska. Provincial officials on Nov. 10 notified the Tulsequah Chief Mine that it’s out of compliance with its permits
Tlingit leader Robert ‘Bob’ Loescher dies at 68
Bob Loescher was Sealaska’s CEO from 1997 to 2001. He headed up the Tlingit-Haida Central Council’s housing and electrical authorities and was a subsistence-rights activist.