Officials from 10 federal agencies will meet Thursday (August 9th) with tribal leaders from northern Southeast Alaska. It’s one in a series of regional tribal collaboration gatherings.
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UAF partners with Google to preserve Alaska Native languages
Alaska’s 20 native languages are a generation away from disappearing. But a new effort is adding technology to the list of tools for saving the languages.
Senator calls for permanent fund, scholarship changes
The senator representing Alaska’s largest legislative district is suggesting major changes to the state’s Permanent Fund and the governor’s scholarship program. Albert Kookesh, an Angoon Democrat, spoke during the Native Issues Forum in Juneau today (Feb. 22). Kookesh, who could be serving his final term, speculated on what he would do if he was king…
ANB, ANS adopt joint constitution
The Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood are becoming closer. The longtime Southeast advocacy groups voted last week to work under the same, updated constitution. Before, they were separate.