Tribes can exert jurisdiction over allotments granted to individual Natives, the department’s head attorney said on Feb. 1.
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Why the U.S. still has no Arctic ambassador, a year after this Alaskan was nominated for the job
Republicans on a Senate panel accuse Michael Sfraga of being too close to Russia and China.
Alaska Republicans choose Trump over Haley by huge margins
About 10,500 Republican voters cast ballots across much of Alaska yesterday.
New Tongass forest plan will focus on climate change, tourism boom in Southeast
The U.S. Forest Service is working to replace the 25-year-old management plan for the nation’s largest national forest.
Trump or Haley? Alaska Republicans vote Tuesday
To vote in what’s officially called a “Presidential Preference Poll” voters have to be registered Republicans. State party chair Ann Brown said Alaskans can register or change their registration on site and still participate.
Tlingit and Haida is hiring ambassadors to share Lingít culture at the Mendenhall Glacier
The role is part of the new co-management strategy between the U.S. Forest Service and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
Trump campaign has an Alaska chair: Kelly Tshibaka
Tshibaka is a former Alaska commissioner of Administration. She ran for U.S. Senate in 2022, with Trump’s endorsement.
Peltola counts FTC action against supermarket merger as a win for bipartisanship
Peltola is running for reelection this year, hoping to win her second full term as Alaska’s sole member in the U.S. House.
Murkowski pushing to extend federal landslide risk monitoring program
Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state have now moved to reauthorize the National Landslide Preparedness Act, a program within the USGS, for the next 10 years.
A Juneau advocate now holds a seat on the US Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
The advisory council suggests federal policies on how to combat and prevent human trafficking.