“It was a really tough decision — but the health and safety of our delegates, participants and attendees comes first,” AFN president Julie Kitka said in a statement.
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Longstanding tensions underlie Arctic Slope Regional Corporation’s withdrawal from AFN
Long before it announced its withdrawal from AFN, there were signs of a schism between ASRC and the most influential Native advocacy group.
Alaska’s top environmental watchdog: State is tackling global warming, but ‘it’s not an emergency’
Not long after being sworn in, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy disbanded the state’s climate change response team. But Jason Brune, Dunleavy’s top environmental regulator, says the administration isn’t ignoring the issue.
Pushed by young people, AFN declares a climate emergency
The Alaska Federation of Natives convention heard remarks by both of Alaska’s U.S. senators and voted on a number or resolutions, one of which sparked a contentious debate on climate change.
Recall comes to the fore of AFN convention in Fairbanks
On stage at AFN, the president and CEO of Cook Inlet Region Inc. pointed to the governor’s “violation of separation of powers” and the impacts of state budget cuts as reasons the Alaska Native corporation supports the recall effort.
Protest, policy critiques punctuate first day of Fairbanks AFN
Other notable elements of the Alaska Federation of Natives convention included talk about missing and murdered indigenous women, rural public safety issues, and the keynote speech by Iditarod winner Pete Kaiser