With the Cold War long over, and Alaska Army National Guard recruitment plummeting, the old armories aren’t needed to conduct surveillance as they did in the past.
Alaska Native Government & Policy
Kake tribal government seeks return of items from remote grave site
The Organized Village of Kake seeks to bring back a mummified infant and other items taken in 1961 from a cave on Entrance Island near Hobart Bay, about 70 miles south of Juneau.
Inuit Circumpolar Council signs Utqiaġvik Declaration: a guide for Arctic action for the next four years
The meeting concluded with the signing of the Utqiaġvik Declaration, which will guide the ICC’s work for the next four years.
Immigrant detention is big business for some Alaska Native corporations
Some of the outrage over the separation of families at the southern border has spilled over to the government contractors who work in migrant detention and several of those contracting companies are Alaska Native corporations.
Tlingit & Haida tight-lipped about project near Eaglecrest
Since mid-June, heavy machinery has been clearing about 20 acres leased by Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Association of Alaska. The tribe has only given clues about its plans for the Douglas Island property.
Arctic without borders: Inuit Circumpolar Council meets in Utqiaġvik
This week, Indigenous people from four Arctic countries are gathered in Utqiaġvik for the Inuit Circumpolar Council’s 2018 General Assembly.
Inupiaq woman criticizes use of her image in Dunleavy ad, campaign deletes footage
Marjorie Tahbone said she became aware of the ad on social media when friends forwarded it to her.
Trump administration puts brakes on Indian Country in Alaska
Alaska tribes’ are in legal limbo after the Interior Department said it was suspending accepting lands into federal trust pending a fresh legal review,. Many tribes in Alaska have long sought trust status for land that exempts it from state and local jurisdictions.
Fresh doubt for Alaska tribes seeking land-in-trust
For decades, the Interior department has gone back and forth over whether Alaska tribes can put land in trust, or whether that’s precluded by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
Wildlife get 3,000 more acres creating corridor on Afognak Island
More than 3,000 acres of ecologically rich land on Afognak Island is now protected through a wildlife and recreation corridor.