Legal experts say that unless the justice system includes more Indigenous people as lawyers and judges — inequities in incarceration will continue.
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‘It is our story as well’: After Kamloops, a Fairbanks vigil to mourn and raise awareness of boarding school trauma
The 215 bandanas, symbolic of the residential school children who died in British Columbia, will remain along the Chena River footbridge until the solstice, a span of 215 hours.
State would recognize Alaska Native tribes under new bill
The state once said Alaska Native tribes didn’t have jurisdiction over adoptions, like tribes had elsewhere in the United States. The state later changed that position, but this inconsistent history has left tribes with uncertainty about the future.
Experts describe potential benefits from state-tribal education compacts
But experts say the details of what the Dunleavy administration proposes will be important.
Alaska Native representatives offer support for income tax
Tanana Chiefs Conference General Counsel Natasha Singh said her organization would support drawing money from the Permanent Fund — if the solution is balanced.