FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska - The Alaska Federation of Natives met in Fairbanks Oct. 24 through 26 to discuss the needs and concerns of the Native community. More than 1,200 delegates from member ...

The Trump administration transferred 28,000 acres (11,331 hectares) in a remote part of Northwest Alaska to a native corporation, putting more land near a proposed mining road under local control.

If the U.S. Senate confirms the president's pick, she’ll be the first Alaska Native and the second woman to hold the position of assistant secretary of Interior for Indian affairs.

Joy, remembrance and connection as Alaska Native performers reunite for Quyana at AFN. By Alena Naiden. Published: October 23, 2022. ... Point Hope, Point Lay, Wainwright and Utqiaġvik.

Alaska has 12 regional corporations and more than 200 village corporations. Congress created them to end the battle over Native land rights and clear the way for the trans-Alaska Pipeline — and ...

The documentary The Story of Art in Alaska is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, bringing the creativity and cultural ...

Alaska Native youth are living through a pivotal time, bearing witness to the dramatic impacts of climate change that have occurred during their lifetimes: rapidly melting permafrost, warming ...

Polar bears, growing desperate for food, threaten Alaska Natives. By Kamala Kelkar. Poetry Nov 23. Why Native poets, and their languages, are so often misunderstood.

The Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program has removed the phrase “Alaska Native” from its website. The award-winning University of Alaska program is now referred to only as its acronym ...

KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife ...