This year renowned Haida weaver Delores Churchill and her grandson Haida master carver Donald Varnell will then deliver the keynote address Oct. 15, the first day of the convention.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
Subsistence Board vote makes Saxman rural again
The Federal Subsistence Board voted during a work session Tuesday in Anchorage to return communities to the status they held before 2007.
Forgiving without forgetting: A Tlingit village up in smoke
In 1962, the Douglas Indian Village was set ablaze to make way for a new harbor. This month marks 53 years since the city displaced households of Tlingit T’aaku Kwáan families.
2015 Marks a summer of flexibility for Kuskokwim subsistence fishermen
Subsistence fishing is open indefinitely on the Kuskokwim River, but that hasn’t been the norm this summer.
Federal bill would change rural designation process for subsistence
The Organized Village of Saxman lost its designation during a 2007 Federal Subsistence Board review. A bill now in Congress would change the rural determination process.
Senate education bill bolsters role of Alaska tribes
The bill establishes a competitive grant program to support Native language immersion schools.