Iditarod adds four new board members amid criticism
The Iditarod has expanded its governing body. On Monday, the organization announced it had added four new members to its
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Alaska
Inuit leaders meeting in Alaska seek greater voice in governance
As dozens of Inuit leaders from Greenland, Canada, the United States and Russia gather in Northern Alaska this week, they
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Inuit Circumpolar Council – Canada elects new president, vice-president
Monica Ell-Kanayuk was elected the new president of Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) – Canada at the organization’s annual general
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How alternatives to traditional banking can help rural Alaskans
About a dozen people, including a baby, sit in a classroom at the Knik Tribal Council office in Palmer (southcentral
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US Gov casts doubt on Indigenous Alaskans’ right to seek land-in-trust
A new legal opinion from the solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior throws doubt on whether Alaska tribes
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World’s first round-the-Arctic luxury cruise could set sail in 2020
Luxury cruise ship will next summer sail from Nome to Tromsø via the Northern Sea Route and then to Newfoundland
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How the Army Corps of Engineers turned lenient on Alaska wetlands mitigation
A review of five years of Army Corps of Engineers permits for development in Alaska wetlands showed the corps had
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Alaskan Indigenous community group pushes for better fishing quotas
Alaska Congressman Don Young is trying again to renew the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The nation’s fundamental federal fisheries law hasn’t been
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Tara Sweeney becomes first Indigenous Alaskan to head U.S. Indian Affairs
The U.S. Senate Thursday evening confirmed Alaskan Tara MacLean Sweeney to be the assistant Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs. Sweeney
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Trump claims Alaska wildlife refuge road ‘almost completed’… but is it?
President Trump on Tuesday asserted the controversial King Cove road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (southwestern Alaska) will be
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Arctic Canadian town learns lessons from Alaskan wind farm
As Inuvik, Northwest Territories, looks to harness the power of wind energy in order to reduce its reliance on diesel,
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At Republican lunch, U.S. senators mesmerized by live stream of Alaska bears
Thousands of people around the world are again thrilling at the sight of brown bears fishing at Brooks Falls (Southwest
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Low fish numbers force closure of king salmon fishing in part of Alaska
Sport fishing for king salmon is looking bleak in Southcentral after recent closures announced by the Department of Fish and
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Supreme Court’s rehearing of hovercraft hunter case could test Alaska’s sovereignty
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rehear the case of an Alaska moose hunter whose use of a hovercraft
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Authorities agree to new wetland mitigation guidelines in Alaska
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers have beefed up their guidelines for wetlands mitigation in
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