• Throughout the Arctic and the circumpolar north, the ancestors of Alaska Natives established varying indigenous, complex cultures that have succeeded each other over time. (wikipedia.org)
  • Many Alaska Natives, other Indigenous peoples in U.S., disagree with holiday's traditional narrative. (juneauempire.com)
  • Alaska is one of several states in which Indigenous students make up a large segment of the English learner (EL) student population: more than 40 percent of the state's EL students are Alaska Native. (ed.gov)
  • Understanding whether and how policies and services meet the unique needs of Indigenous EL students can guide efforts-in Alaska and other states serving Indigenous EL students-to ensure that these students receive appropriate supports for heritage language, English language, and academic development. (ed.gov)
  • The federal definition of EL students differs for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, yet the EL identification and classification processes in four districts were the same for Alaska Native and non-Alaska Native students. (ed.gov)
  • On Sept. 20, 2016, the Alaska Native Heritage Center welcomes indigenous tourism businesses and organizations from around the globe to Anchorage for a special event. (anchorage.net)
  • The gathering is open to all involved or interested in Alaska Native tourism and other indigenous tourism. (anchorage.net)
  • Many students find a passion for Alaska Native Studies and delve into interesting research topics, ranging from the perspectives on kinship, philosophy, symbolism, and storytelling to examining the psychological and cultural perspectives of human development and well-being of indigenous peoples. (alaska.edu)
  • Explores music and dance practices of Alaska Native and Indigenous peoples of the circumpolar north by region and culture group. (alaska.edu)
  • Hawaii and Alaska are now the only two states to officially recognize indigenous languages. (kcbx.org)
  • Many of the Indigenous Peoples along the North Shore whose villages are becoming smaller each year are Athabaskan, of which twelve related languages are spoken in Alaska. (hubpages.com)
  • SB13 Inservice​ storyboard project of short videos including presentations on the background of Senate Bill (SB) 13 Tribal History/Shared History, The Essential Understandings of Native Americans in Oregon process, The 6 P's (Critical Orientations for Indigenous Studies Curriculum), Tribal place-based curricula, as well as lesson modeling demonstrations. (oregon.gov)
  • Alaska Native Studies Fall 2023 Courses: Enroll Today! (alaska.edu)
  • Ehrlander is the coauthor of Hospital and Haven: The Life and Work of Grafton and Clara Burke in Northern Alaska (Nebraska, 2023) and author of Equal Educational Opportunity: Brown's Elusive Mandate . (unl.edu)
  • Horwedel said 14 percent of American Indians and Alaskan natives ages 25 or over have a college degree. (chicagotribune.com)
  • And today, only about 500 Alaskan natives out of a population of 10,000 spread over 16 communities can speak it. (kcbx.org)
  • Dimitri Philemonof is an Aleut born and raised on St. George Island, Alaska, in the Bering Sea. (nativefederation.org)
  • He is honored to dedicate his career to improving the health, human, and community services available for the Aleut people, and all Alaska Natives. (nativefederation.org)
  • For this reason, genetic studies show they are not closely related to native peoples in South America. (wikipedia.org)
  • The ANHC experience is designed to enhance self-esteem among Native peoples and to encourage exploration of cross-cultural communication exchanges with non-Native. (loc.gov)
  • Though they have many languages, creeds, and philosophies, Alaska Natives share common goals, values and the challenge to embrace modern changes in such a way that their peoples can be full participants in this modern era, yet not disrupt the traditional cycle of knowledge that has helped to perpetuate Native societies for thousands of generations. (loc.gov)
  • Both of these areas emphasize the dynamic nature of Alaska Native peoples and cultures, and the variety of courses provides a meaningful understanding for native and non-native students alike. (alaska.edu)
  • Walter's strong Athabascan identity allowed him to remain grounded in his birth culture as his Western education expanded, and he became a leader and a bridge between Alaska Native peoples and Westerners in the Alaska territory. (unl.edu)
  • An inspiring example of resilience, character, faith, service, and loving-kindness, Walter Harper's legacy is a testament to the Native peoples of Alaska, the indomitable human spirit, and the selflessness of those who work as missionaries in the Church in the harshest and remotest of places. (unl.edu)
  • The native peoples have lived in Alasaka for over 10,000 years. (hubpages.com)
  • UAS is on the unceded territories of the Áakʼw Ḵwáan, Taantʼá Ḵwáan, and Sheet'ká Ḵwáan on Lingít Aaní and we are grateful for their stewardship of these places that are also known as Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka, Alaska, which are adjacent to the ancestral home of the X̱aadas and Ts'msyen peoples. (alaska.edu)
  • As of 2018, natives constitute 15.4% of the overall Alaskan population. (wikipedia.org)
  • For decades, the 12 Alaska Native regional corporations and nearly 200 village corporations statewide have shared revenue generated from resource projects amongst themselves to the tune of roughly $3 billion since 1982, according to figures from a 2018 report on the revenue sharing program by the McDowell Group combined with more recent data. (adn.com)
  • At UIC, where there has been a surge in enrollment in recent years, eight American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduate students were enrolled as of fall 2018, according to school data. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Lawrence Kaplan is professor emeritus of Linguistics and director of the Alaska Native Language Center from 2000 to 2018. (uaf.edu)
  • The American Indian and Alaska Native in combination population experienced rapid growth, increasing by 39 percent since 2000. (census.gov)
  • In recognition of Alaska Native people who bravely served our country during World War II, in 2000, Alaska Territorial Guard (ATG) members were granted veteran status. (ciri.com)
  • Percentage of clonal complex (CC) 1, CC5, CC8, CC30, and other CC methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from residents of the Anchorage region and the region of southwestern Alaska, USA, 2000-2003 and 2004-2006. (cdc.gov)
  • Many Alaska Natives are enrolled in federally recognized Alaska Native tribal entities, who in turn belong to 13 Alaska Native Regional Corporations, who administer land and financial claims. (wikipedia.org)
  • Through 2016, Red Dog had generated more than $1.3 billion in royalties for NANA Regional Corp., of which $860 million was subsequently distributed to Alaska Native corporations through the 7(i) and 7(j) programs. (adn.com)
  • Alaska Native corporations across the state face a "fiscal cliff" of their own that is still years off, but there are currently few options to avoid it. (adn.com)
  • Generally known as the "Section 7(i)" program for its place in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the provision in the landmark legislation directs Alaska Native corporations to distribute 70 percent of the revenue originating from resource projects on their land to the other Native corporations statewide. (adn.com)
  • From 2015 to 2017 Bristol Bay Native Corp. collected between $5.6 million and $9.6 million per year in 7(i) revenue, net of what the company also turned around and distributed to village corporations in its region through the closely linked 7(j) program, according to BBNC's 2017 annual report. (adn.com)
  • And while many village corporations are often more focused on a single industry, whether drilling oil wells or managing parking garages, Alaska Native Village Corporation Association Executive Director Hallie Bissett said that the 7(j) income accounts for all or nearly all of the revenue collected by approximately two-thirds of the 177 village corporations that are ANVCA members. (adn.com)
  • The Court ruled that since Alaska Native corporations (ANCs) are considered Indian tribes under Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, they should be considered Indian tribes under the CARES Act and be eligible for funding. (axios.com)
  • Alaska Natives own shares in the corporations. (axios.com)
  • The Native regional corporations, through their umbrella group Alaskans Standing Together, spent more than a million dollars on behalf of Murkowski, and it's absurd to believe she won't be beholden to the corporations. (indianz.com)
  • Alaska Native Studies provides an in-depth perspective on contemporary Alaska Native societies, languages, cultures, history, politics, art, tribal governments, and our for-profit as well as our non-profit corporations. (alaska.edu)
  • Over the weekend, leaders of various Alaska Native Corporations received a baffling questionnaire from a reporter with the Pro Publica and Anchorage Daily News and asking for justification on amounts that ANCs had allegedly applied for under the Senate's Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Tribal Relief Fund. (indianz.com)
  • This misunderstanding is reflective of a harmful narrative that has been spreading through the media in recent days, that Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs) and Alaska Village Corporations (AVCs) are attempting to hijack or divert the $8 billion in allocated funding for Native American tribes under the CARES Act into our own coffers. (indianz.com)
  • The law, as written, is crystal clear: Alaska Native Corporations are included as eligible tribal governments for CARES funding. (indianz.com)
  • Because the rights of Native Alaskans were bifurcated by the federal government such that tribes are sovereign, while ANCSA corporations actually own Native lands, it is practically impossible to provide meaningful economic, cultural, and social assistance to Alaska Native communities without involving ANCs. (indianz.com)
  • Further, Alaska Native Corporations are not unique in our business enterprises. (indianz.com)
  • Without the land holdings, employees, and payroll of Alaska Native Corporations, Alaskan tribes would be left destitute by any formula from the Treasury Department that considers those items as factors within its distribution formula. (indianz.com)
  • Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) is one of 12 regional corporations established in Alaska by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. (ciri.com)
  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Wednesday said the Biden administration has treated Alaska Native leaders "with indifference and a level of - I think - disrespect. (eenews.net)
  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). (eenews.net)
  • This was made stunningly obvious by the write-in votes Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, received in Southwest and Western Alaska. (indianz.com)
  • Ancestors of Native Alaskans or Alaska Natives migrated into the area thousands of years ago, in at least two different waves. (wikipedia.org)
  • Today, Alaska Natives or Native Alaskans constitute more than 20% of the population of Alaska. (wikipedia.org)
  • While the majority of Native Alaskans live in small villages or remote regional hubs such as Nome, Dillingham, and Bethel, the percentage who live in urban areas has been increasing. (wikipedia.org)
  • Native Alaskans first came into contact with Russians in the 18th century. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Alaska Native leaders said the Biden administration is refusing to meaningfully engage with them on what the Alaskans view as flawed oil and gas policies in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). (eenews.net)
  • Bush Alaskans -- Native Alaskans -- were reliable Democrats half a century ago. (indianz.com)
  • But I am just always reminding people that I'm not here to represent just the 16% of Alaskans who are Alaska Natives. (ksat.com)
  • Reflecting underlying inequities, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected American Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) people who account for over 5 million people in the U.S. At the same time, vaccination rates among AIAN people have been higher than average to date. (kff.org)
  • U.S. Attorney General William Barr is visiting Alaska to meet with tribal leaders and other officials about disproportionately high rates of violence and sexual assault in Native communities. (kusi.com)
  • Jeff Leer's commitment to Alaska Native languages began at age seven when he started to study Tlingit in his hometown, Juneau. (uaf.edu)
  • Associated Press reporter Becky Bohrer in Juneau, Alaska, contributed to this report. (ksat.com)
  • In July 2017, correspondent Christine Gordon traveled to Juneau, Alaska to find out what's happened in the state since advocates and local officials succeeded in their campaign to make 20 Native Alaskan languages official state languages along with English. (kcbx.org)
  • Ten distinct chapters, written by one of each of Alaska's native cultures, describe one aspect of life as it has been taught to them. (bellaonline.com)
  • By the end of grade 7, fewer Alaska Native EL students reached English proficiency benchmarks on Alaska's assessment of standard English proficiency, meaning that fewer Alaska Native students exited EL status compared with their non-Alaska Native EL peers. (ed.gov)
  • North Slope elected Iñupiat leaders spoke on Capitol Hill on Wednesday at a press conference alongside Alaska senators, where they accused the Biden administration of shirking its duties to consult with the tribes of Alaska's North Slope. (eenews.net)
  • Alaska Natives represent approximately 16 percent of Alaska's residents and make up a significant segment of the population of over 200 rural villages and communities. (loc.gov)
  • UAA is the premier university in the heart of Alaska's largest city with campuses throughout Southcentral Alaska. (alaska.edu)
  • A subsistence lifestyle - relying on fish, wildlife and berries - is essential in rural Alaska, including in many Native communities, where goods must be flown or barged in and costs for basic necessities can be exorbitant. (ksat.com)
  • When Alaska is at its coldest, census workers are more likely to find village residents, some of whom migrate to hunt and fish for subsistence or work, in their home communities. (ijpr.org)
  • Harper exemplified resilience during an era when rapid socioeconomic and cultural change was wreaking havoc in Alaska Native villages. (unl.edu)
  • Tribal representatives told U.S. Attorney General William Barr that rural Alaska Natives suffer from multiple public safety problems, including no law enforcement presence in multiple villages, substance abuse and alarmingly high rates of violence and sexual assault. (kusi.com)
  • Warming temperatures and thawing permafrost are making it harder to get an accurate count for the 2020 census in some Alaska Native villages. (ijpr.org)
  • Since 1960, the Census Bureau has started the once-a-decade, constitutionally mandated head count in Alaska Native villages in January - months before the census rolls out to the rest of Alaska and other states by April - to take advantage of the frigid winter weather. (ijpr.org)
  • But as temperatures in Alaska climb faster than in any other state and twice as fast as the global average , counting in some communities has become more complicated - adding yet another layer to long-standing challenges, such as language barriers and distrust of the U.S. government, that have hindered the Census Bureau's ability to produce complete population counts of Alaska Native villages. (ijpr.org)
  • But in Alaska, where there is only one reservation , it's unclear exactly how accurate the bureau's counts are for Alaska Native villages, which have not been included in the bureau's undercount estimates. (ijpr.org)
  • The staggering information about cultures lost to time, traditions oppressed, and people being forced from their native lands is eye opening! (bellaonline.com)
  • The Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) is a 26-acre campus in Anchorage that offers a unique experience to learn and explore these traditional ways of Alaska Native cultures. (loc.gov)
  • Five traditional village exhibits representing the Alaska Native cultures are nestled around a lake and walking trail offering a glimpse of each culture's traditional crafts and lifestyles. (loc.gov)
  • The Associate of Arts (AA) in Alaska Native Studies provides students with a critical and dynamic perspective on Alaska Native cultures, histories, politics and organizations. (alaska.edu)
  • Addresses history of Alaska Native languages and cultures. (alaska.edu)
  • The resources below showcase a few of the many cultures and traditions practiced here in Alaska and elsewhere in the United States. (asdk12.org)
  • A fine biography of a young man of talent and energy who successfully coped with two cultures during a time of rapid change in Alaska. (unl.edu)
  • The data for this report are based on the 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File , which was the first 2010 Census data product released with data on race and Hispanic origin, including information on the American Indian and Alaska Native population, and was provided to each state for use in drawing boundaries for legislative districts. (census.gov)
  • BC mortality per 100 000 person-years for ages 40 to 49 years was 27 deaths in Black females, 15 deaths in White females, and 11 deaths in American Indian or Alaska Native, Hispanic, and Asian or Pacific Islander females. (lu.se)
  • They 'provide benefits and social services to more than 100,000 Alaska Natives,' AP writes . (axios.com)
  • People often forget the Alaska Native piece of ANCs and just focus on the corporation," Bissett said. (adn.com)
  • Three groups of Native American tribes, including the Navajo Nation, challenged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's announcement that ANCs are eligible for tribal funding. (axios.com)
  • ANCs have made significant progress in creating wealth and economic opportunity for Alaska Native communities, but being excluded from this essential funding during the midst of a pandemic could set our economic progress back by years, if not decades. (indianz.com)
  • The plain-language experience developed by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium aims to reduce the social stigma of behavioral health treatment and help patients make more informed decisions about their care. (cdc.gov)
  • Above: Mixed reality programmers at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium created this holographic bear to show patients how the brain makes decisions under stress. (cdc.gov)
  • Above: The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium developed the "Opioids and the Brain" augmented reality app to help make information about brain health more accessible to everyone. (cdc.gov)
  • Above: Members of the Mixed Reality Development Team at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium program a holographic bear. (cdc.gov)
  • The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is the largest, most comprehensive tribal health organization in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium provides the highest quality health services for Alaska Native people at the Alaska Native Medical Center and across Alaska through training, health education, disease and injury prevention, and rural water and sewer construction. (anthc.org)
  • Almost half of the American Indian and Alaska Native population, or 2.3 million people, reported being American Indian and Alaska Native in combination with one or more other races. (census.gov)
  • This report provides a portrait of the American Indian and Alaska Native population in the United States and discusses that population's distribution at the national level and at lower levels of geography. (census.gov)
  • In April 2019, the Alaska Pacific University awarded Dimitri an honorary Doctorate of Letters degree. (nativefederation.org)
  • Some of Newtok's residents moved into 21 newly constructed homes in Mertarvik, Alaska, in October 2019. (ijpr.org)
  • A Survey of American Indians and Alaska Natives includes a separate sample of American Indians and Alaska Natives living on or near Federal reservations and eligible to receive care provided or supported by the Indian Health Service. (cdc.gov)
  • Under this new policy, VA will reimburse copayments paid on or after Jan. 5, 2022, and it will waive future copayments for eligible American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans. (va.gov)
  • Eligible Veterans include any Veteran who meets the definitions of "Indian" or "urban Indian" under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act - including Veterans who are members of an American Indian Tribe, certain Veterans who are descendants of Tribe members, Alaska Native Veterans, and more . (va.gov)
  • Alaska Native leaders are fuming at Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, saying she has ignored or rejected at least eight of their invitations for in-person meetings about the administration's energy policies impacting their communities. (eenews.net)
  • Salmon runs have sustained generations in small fishing communities along the Alaska Peninsula. (wbur.org)
  • SPERO MANSON: American and Alaska Native communities and our members have been hit quite hard by the pandemic. (wvtf.org)
  • We have been focused on making strides to continue to provide better opportunities for care to our American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans who live in the Phoenix area and surrounding rural cities and communities," said Bryan Matthews, Executive Director for the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System. (va.gov)
  • UIC is not able to attract and enroll any sizable number of Native Americans because of our tuition policy," Browne said. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Half of Native Americans also said they're facing serious financial problems, with a quarter saying they've lost all savings during the pandemic. (wvtf.org)
  • Anchorage.net is the official source for Anchorage, Alaska and Southcentral Alaska travel information on everything from outdoor adventures to metropolitan amenities. (anchorage.net)
  • We do not expect these two [census-designated places] to be merged for the 2020 Census, but we will not know with absolute certainty until the summer," the bureau said in a written statement to NPR, noting that the bureau is waiting for final input from the state of Alaska. (ijpr.org)
  • Health Care Access and Lived Experience of American Indian/Alaska Native Two Spirit and LGBTQ+ Participants in the Pride and Connectedness Survey, 2020. (bvsalud.org)
  • In June 2013 the Alaska Supreme Court issued an important ruling in the case which held that ICWA implicitly mandates that good cause to deviate from ICWA's adoptive placement preferences be proved by clear and convincing evidence, not the weaker preponderance of the evidence standard. (narf.org)
  • Oral argument was heard in January 2014 and in September 2014, the Alaska Supreme Court issued its decision. (narf.org)
  • The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that, in order to be considered as an adoptive placement option for children in the custody of the state, family members, and other Native families must file formal adoption cases. (narf.org)
  • However, because policy and research have focused on the needs and experiences of immigrant-origin EL students, there are critical gaps in understanding how EL policies and practices function for Alaska Native students. (ed.gov)
  • REL Northwest's latest report helps fill these gaps by providing information about Alaska Native kindergarten students classified as EL students, as well as EL identification and classification practices, EL service provision, and EL reclassification patterns specifically for Alaska Native students. (ed.gov)
  • Many Alaska Natives have retained their customs, languages, hunting and fishing practices from time immemorial. (loc.gov)
  • Alaska Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola also attended, they said. (eenews.net)
  • Rep.-elect Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, poses for a portrait at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. (ksat.com)
  • WASHINGTON - Democrat Mary Peltola was sworn in Tuesday night to finish out the remaining months of the term of the late Rep. Don Young, making her the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress and the first woman to hold the seat. (ksat.com)
  • As of 2017, the most recent year statewide data was available, 1,562 American Indian and Alaska Native students were enrolled at Illinois colleges, comprising just 0.21 percent of all students. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The saga in the Southeast Alaska village of Yakutat is over. (juneauempire.com)
  • Tlingit is a language native to coastal Southeastern Alaska in areas such as Yakutat and Ketchikan. (kcbx.org)
  • The percentage of kindergarten students who were Alaska Native EL students was highest in schools that were rural, schools that had higher rates of economic disadvantage, and schools that employed fewer (if any) English as a second language teachers. (ed.gov)
  • Peltola previously served as a state lawmaker for 10 years representing the rural hub community of Bethel, Alaska. (ksat.com)
  • Because filing a formal petition for adoption is a very complicated process that requires the assistance of a lawyer and the vast majority of Alaska Native families (especially those in rural Alaska) lack access to or resources for an attorney, this new requirement will be an insurmountable hurdle for most families and will prevent them from asserting their rights under ICWA. (narf.org)
  • The search for the head of the Kodiak Area Native Association has been suspended. (kmxt.org)
  • For information and to search the existing ATG rosters for your name or the names of family members, visit veterans.alaska.gov/alaska-territorial-guard.html . (ciri.com)
  • The Search Box for American Indians/Alaska Natives or Heterosexual Couples is designed to target American Indian/Alaska Native populations and/or heterosexual couples. (cdc.gov)
  • Memorial Day observances were held at Evergreen Cemetery, Alaskan Memorial Park and Southeast Alaska Native Veterans Memorial Park on Monday. (ktoo.org)
  • A 2013 study by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development documented more than 120,000 Alaska Native people in Alaska. (wikipedia.org)
  • Over the years, the situation became catastrophic for the Aleuts, as well as other Native Alaskan people who were impacted by Russian contact. (wikipedia.org)
  • The organization puts creativity and innovation at the forefront of its programming to serve over 160,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people across a vast geographic area. (cdc.gov)
  • According to the 2010 Census, 5.2 million people in the United States identified as American Indian and Alaska Native, either alone or in combination with one or more other races. (census.gov)
  • Out of this total, 2.9 million people identified as American Indian and Alaska Native alone. (census.gov)
  • There is a lot of information to be found about Alaska native culture, but this was, other than the few people I have personally spoken with, the most direct I have come across. (bellaonline.com)
  • A lot of the tribes and nations that existed were moved around repeatedly so native people were often taken away from their homeland … there aren't any native tribes in Illinois. (chicagotribune.com)
  • ANTHC's statewide work spans many sectors and services that help us toward our vision that Alaska Native people are the healthiest people in the world. (anthc.org)
  • He says the pandemic has exacerbated longstanding stresses and strains on the lives of Native people due to historic inequities. (wvtf.org)
  • MANSON: American Alaska Native people - we are very social and collective in our understanding of who we are, how we reaffirm this sense of personhood and self. (wvtf.org)
  • When native people stand together, from Alaska to Hawaii to Washington DC and everywhere in between, we are far stronger than we stand apart. (indianz.com)
  • id":79018,"lat":"63.069168","lng":"-151.006989","name":"Mount Denali","address":"Mount Denali, Alaska, USA","description":"Athabaskans still live here as well as on the North Slope, whose people are moving inland during the 2000s and 2010s. (hubpages.com)
  • To better understand health experiences among Two Spirit and lesbian, gay, bisexual , transgender , and queer and questioning (LGBTQ+) American Indian/ Alaska Native (AI/AN) people, we examined experiences with access to health care of 223 AI/AN Two Spirit and LGBTQ+ people. (bvsalud.org)
  • The problem lies in the fact that resource revenue from Alaska Native corporation-owned lands is generally declining and the fall is likely to accelerate in the coming years. (adn.com)
  • NARF authored an amicus brief in the case on behalf of the Native Village of Kotzebue. (narf.org)
  • The Russian missionaries were the first persons to translate Christian scripture into Native languages, such as Tlingit. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mary F. Ehrlander is a professor emeritus of history and Arctic and Northern studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. (unl.edu)
  • The BIA 's mission is "to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes and Alaska Natives. (archives.gov)
  • ANCSA Regional Association Executive Director Kim Reitmeier said the 7(i) program is a critical component of ANCSA "that truly reflects the Alaska Native values of unity and collaboration. (adn.com)
  • Attendees at odds with the state of Alaska on fishing and hunting issues. (juneauempire.com)
  • The University of Illinois at Chicago will offer in-state tuition to American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduate students in an effort to attract students from a vastly underrepresented demographic. (chicagotribune.com)
  • State-of-the-art classroom instruction and hands-on learning collide in UAA's innovative academic programs, which feature unique courses that train students to lead Alaska into the future. (alaska.edu)
  • Barr is in Alaska to meet with tribal leaders and other officials Wednesday about public safety challenges in the vast state. (kusi.com)
  • Barr is scheduled to participate in an Alaska Native justice roundtable and visit the state crime lab as Congress and advocates have renewed a focus on violence against Native American women. (kusi.com)
  • Alaska State Troopers report that the remains found in the Chitina area on April 19th have been positively identified as those of an Anchorage man who was reported missing on February 2nd. (alaska-native-news.com)
  • Alaska State Troopers reported on Wednesday that after receiving a request from Anchorage police for a welfare check on a distraught 27-year-old, whose vehicle was located at the McHugh Creek Trailhead, they located and retrieved the remains of Cody McFarland from a mountainside on Saturday. (alaska-native-news.com)
  • Alaska State Troopers report that the remains of the woman that they have been seeking since the evening of August 5th were located in Houston on Friday evening. (alaska-native-news.com)
  • At issue in Native Village of Tununak v. State of Alaska was this proper burden of proof that the Alaska Office of Children's Services must meet in order to move a child from one placement to another. (narf.org)
  • This is an important decision because Alaska had been the only state where courts applied the preponderance of the evidence burden of proof to findings of good cause to deviate from ICWA's adoption preferences. (narf.org)
  • Later, he studied Central Yup'ik Eskimo with the late Irene Reed at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, and learned much from his wife, Anna, a native speaker, and a writer of the language. (uaf.edu)
  • The University of Alaska Fairbanks is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. (uaf.edu)
  • CHATTERJEE: Manson directs the University of Colorado's Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health. (wvtf.org)
  • The University of Alaska Southeast is a student-centered university that provides instruction in liberal arts, professional, and technical fields. (alaska.edu)