Two western Alaska residents will be the keynote speakers at this year’s AFN convention.
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Cama-i Dance Festival celebrates resilience after tough year in Y-K Delta
Between low snow, tight finances and a series of suicides, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta has had a hard year. That’s why this year’s Cama-i Dance Festival theme was about honoring resilience.
Village police officer accused of raping teen previously celebrated at AFN convention
Brent Norton is charged with supplying alcohol to a minor and having sex with her while she was unconscious. The 16-year-old girl was found dead hours later.
Alaska Supreme Court rules in favor of Kookesh, Angoon subsistence fishermen
The court found that because the regulation used to cite the men was not created according to law, it’s unenforceable. The decision could have a major impact on Department of Fish and Game bag limits across the state.
Brother-in-law reflects on life after Anthony Choquette’s death at AFN
Anthony Choquette’s brother-in-law says the family did everything they could to help him before he committed suicide last month at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage.
Update: Death jolts final hour of AFN convention
The man who jumped to his death from the third floor of the Dena’ina Center on Saturday was 49-year-old Anthony Choquette, the Alaska Dispatch News reports.