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Alaska Native tribes fighting to overturn laws criminalizing their traditional way of life

In a place where mountains are the only skyscrapers and the road to get home can’t be found on GPS, you’ll find the tribal ways that have survived for thousands of years. “We don't have to go to the ...
Homeland Security Today

Native American and Alaska Native Federal Contracting Preferences: What the Law Provides and What’s Changing

Federal procurement law gives Native American tribes, Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs), and certain other Native organizations significant contracting preferences. These policies are rooted in the ...

Alaska Natives, advocates hail state's new restrictions aimed at helping chum salmon recover

The Alaska Board of Fisheries has announced a reduction in fishing opportunity for chum salmon by 30 per cent in southwest ...
Alaska Public Media

Federal judge says Alaska tribes may put land into trust, a step toward 'Indian country' here

Tlingit tribal members march down Front Street in downtown Juneau on June 8, 2024, during Celebration 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled that the ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska tribes get nearly $14M in federal grants to address domestic violence, sexual assault

The tundra in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta is seen in the evening sun on Oct. 11, 2023. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon) The U.S. Justice Department has announced more than $86 million in grants ...