The February festival will showcase short, locally made films that feature Alaska Native languages like Dena’ina. Those films will later be stored for future use by tribal organizations and schools.
Family
Respect for Marriage Act clears Congress with bipartisan support
Both the House and the Senate have passed the Respect for Marriage Act, which codifies same-sex and interracial marriages.
Murkowski, Sullivan support same-sex marriage bill, for different reasons
The Respect for Marriage bill says states can’t, on the bases of race or gender, reject a valid marriage license issued in another state.
Bills targeting trans youth are growing more common — and radically reshaping lives
An NPR analysis finds that over the past two years, state lawmakers introduced more than 300 bills targeting trans people. Most of this legislation, 86%, takes aim at the rights of trans youth.
Listen: How American Indian family separation leaves impacts generations later
With that reunion came new questions on what shapes identity, and how generations of displacement of American Indians affects that identity.
‘I watched it rapidly turn into absolute chaos’: Inside the deepening dysfunction at North Star psychiatric hospital
Former workers say understaffing and decisions by management pushed the private psychiatric hospital — the only one in Alaska that serves children — to the brink of disaster.
Alaska doctor, once the focus of outrage, reflects on past as abortion provider, with questions
Doctor pursued unsuccessful libel case against Alaska Right to Life that touched on free speech issues.
Indigenous people flocked to DC for ICWA hearing
Hundreds of Indigenous peoples and allies showed up in front of the highest court in the land to show their support for the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Alaska’s two U.S. senators vote to advance federal same-sex marriage protections
Sen. Dan Sullivan says he was swayed by the addition of sections protecting religious organizations.
Alaska could see effects of Indian Child Welfare Act challenge heard by Supreme Court
Because Native children represent about 55% of all children in state custody, overturning ICWA would have huge implications for Alaska.