Alaska Native Government & Policy

Alaska Congressman Don Young angered many of his constituents this week with remarks about suicide at Wasilla High that he later acknowledged were insensitive.

Saturday’s endorsement vote followed on-stage appearances Friday from Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Begich and his Republican opponent Dan Sullivan.

When American missionaries began arriving in Alaska in the 1880s, it was the beginning of a very dark era for Alaska Natives around the state.

Fostering healthy communities has been a regular theme of the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention.

Kitka asked convention delegates if it mattered to them that a candidate for public office has actively attacked subsistence rights.

The group’s message is still the same: they don’t always feel safe or cared for and they want that to change, but now they’re also taking a stand against marijuana legalization.