How Alaska Native youth are protecting the land for the future
With climate change threatening Indigenous lifeways in Alaska, four young women are devoting their careers to their preservation ...
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Cultural ambassadors prepare for tourists at Mendenhall Glacier amid staffing uncertainty
There will be at least eight people working at the glacier this summer as cultural ambassadors. They’re employed by the local ...
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Tribal education leaders speak out against Trump’s plan to close the US Department of Education
At an oversight hearing, Sen. Murkowski highlighted programs that fund tutoring, language initiatives, and post-secondary ...
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Indigenous Storytelling Photos – Call For Submissions
StrongHearts Native Helpline (StrongHearts) is building a photo library of Indigenous Storytelling photos that best represent our relatives. These photos will be used to develop media materials ...
Indigenous WA students test themselves in Alaska’s Traditional Games
This year will be the first time a full Seattle team — 13 student athletes — will participate in the Annual Traditional Games ...
Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month & The Native CDFI Capital Access Convening
Oweesta’s Native CDFI Capital Access Convening in Hawai‘i brings together Native CDFIs, Native-led organizations, investors ...
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Value of Alaska Native education emphasized by Sealaska Heritage Institute president at U.S. Senate hearing
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and vice chair U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi) led the meeting titled “Native American Education – Examining ...
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Watch: Sharing culture carved in ivory
With pieces that draw upon the traditional knowledge of her Alaska Native and Sámi heritage, artist Miranda Ciquyaq Robb's ...
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Tribes, Long Shut Out From Their Own Health Data, Fight for Access and Sovereignty
When Stephanie Russo Carroll, a citizen of the Native Village of Kluti-Kaah in Alaska, set out to earn her doctorate in ...
'Operation Not Forgotten' will add resources in missing, murdered Indigenous people crisis
Federal law enforcement agencies will deploy more people and expand resources to help deal with missing and murdered Indigenous people.
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Native Hawaiians among list of nationally recognized Indigenous women
On the last day of Women’s History Month, the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs passed a resolution today that recognizes the heritage, culture and contributions of Indigenous women across the ...