First Nations chief re-elected in Yukon, Canada
Ruth Massie was re-elected grand chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations on Thursday by delegates attending its annual
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Canadian festival welcomes artists from across the North
Musicians, singers and other performers from all across the North have descended on the Arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit this
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Canada’s Northwest Territories signs historic devolution deal
Leaders in Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) have signed a final devolution deal with the federal government on Tuesday to transfer
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Wildlife Act hearings wrap up in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Public hearings on a new Wildlife Act for Canada’s Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) have wrapped up. Last night in the community
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Listen: Developing Canada’s North
The question of resource development in Canada’s North is an ongoing subject of debate, much like in the world’s other
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‘Idle No More’ rallies in Juneau, Alaska
By Lisa Phu, KTOO – Juneau About 30 adults and children called for equality and greater subsistence fishery protection Wednesday
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Alaskans mourn elder who fought for subsistence rights
By Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage and Daysha Eaton, KSKA – Anchorage A public memorial service for Ahtna elder Katie
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Biodiversity report singles out Canada’s North
When people think of biodiversity hotspots, it’s often places like the Amazon or the tropics that come to mind. But
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Cultures collide in Alaska court
BETHEL — The strangely cathartic business of assembly-line justice ground its way through a state court here Tuesday as one by one
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Salmon run’s survival trumps religious rights of Alaska Native fishermen: judge
BETHEL — One by one, Yupik fishermen from along the Kuskokwim River appeared before an Alaska District Court judge here
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EU court dismisses Inuit bid to overturn seal product ban
A European Union court has dismissed a Canadian application that sought to overturn a ban on seal products. The General
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Kids in North Canada want recess outdoors
Some children in Yellowknife, the capital city of Canada’s Northwest Territories, are protesting a school board policy that keeps them
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Yukon, Canada city considers First Nation land plans
Whitehorse, the capital of Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory, is considering how to accommodate land owned by the Kwanlin Dun First
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Nunavut, Canada Inuit group opposes heritage river plan
A proposal to declare a river in Nunavut’s Kivalliq region a heritage river is meeting some opposition from the Kivalliq
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Spotlight on Energy, Indigenous Communities and the Arctic Council
The Brookings Institution, an America public policy institution, live streamed a forum today titled “Energy, Indigenous Communities and the Arctic
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