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Nov 08 2019
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Walter Echo-Hawk talks to a man after giving a speech on the 1955 Tee-Hit-Ton Tlingit loss of a Supreme Court case on Nov. 7, 2019, in Juneau. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska's Energy Desk)

In Tlingit land-rights loss, a Native American rights attorney lays out injustice and hope for the future

By | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Federal Government, History, Southeast

In a lecture at the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Walter Echo-Hawk laid out the factors leading to the Supreme Court’s 1955 Tee-Hit-Ton Tlingit land rights decision.

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Oct 02 2019
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This old Alaska mining town is almost a ghost town. It has everything to gain from Donlin mine.

By | Alaska Native Corporations, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Alaska's Energy Desk, Community, Economy, Education, Energy & Mining, Environment, Family, Federal Government, Food, Health, History, Interior, Local Government, Southwest, State Government, Subsistence, Western

The school closed long ago. There is no city or tribal council. A proposed mine nearby could change all that. But what’s the risk?

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