Sen. Lisa Murkowski says a significant number of Alaska Natives who are eligible for IHS benefits don’t meet the Affordable Care Act’s requirements for exemption, particularly if they were born after most Native corporations stopped enrolling members in the 1970s.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
Federal spending bill fully funds tribal healthcare’s contract support costs
Contract support costs were fully funded for the first time in 2014. Those costs include items like legal and accounting fees, insurance and workers’ compensation.
Tlingit and Haida boycotts FedEx over Redskins support
The Juneau-based tribal organization announced Thursday that it has sent notice to all employees to stop using FedEx services, citing the national delivery company’s sponsorship of the Washington Redskins football team.
Ongoing gear restrictions, wildland fires lead to empty fishracks along the Yukon
While subsistence has been slow, commercial chum fishing was open in the lower river with dipnets and beach seine gear.
Gov. Walker’s new adviser to focus on rural economy, local governments
Gov. Bill Walker named his new rural affairs adviser Tuesday at the Alaska Federation of Natives winter retreat in Kotzebue.
New federal regulations to favor subsistence users, rural residents
The changes should mean a more favorable process for villages and other rural communities that rely on hunting and fishing.