Biden seeks public input on expanding protected areas in Alaska petroleum reserve
The Biden administration is wasting no time making use of a new conservation rule for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. It’s
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Iñupiat
Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat sues to overturn NPR-A rule
A group of North Slope cities, tribes and Alaska Native corporations is challenging new federal restrictions on oil development in
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Gwich’in celebrate cancellation of oil exploration leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge
Alaska politicians, Iñupiat, say they’re disappointed by the Biden administration’s decision For Gwich’in on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border
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Indigenous leaders divided over ANWR court ruling
The U.S. District Court ruling upholding the Biden administration’s pause on oil and gas activities in an area of Alaska’s
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U.S. court halts drilling at ConocoPhillips project in Alaska
Decision will stop on-the-ground work for winter at Willow project opposed by environmental, Indigenous groups A U.S. federal appeals court
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Canada’s environment minister concerned about Alaska seismic project impacts on Indigenous communities and trans-border wildlife
Canada’s environment minister says significant concerns remain over proposed development plans in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWWR) and how
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Alaska Indigenous woman has become ‘TikTok famous’ for celebrating her culture online
An Iñupiaq woman from Utqiagvik, Alaska, is taking the TikTok world by storm by giving her followers a taste of
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Which Indigenous voices? On Arctic Refuge, lawmakers practice selective listening
A bill in Congress would reverse the 2017 decision to open the northernmost part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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Veterans from Indigenous Alaskan village have war stories archived online
Alaska has the highest concentration of veterans nationwide. From World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars and both Gulf
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Blog – How Northwestern Inuit led construction of Canada’s highway to Arctic Ocean
Last November, Canada’s first highway to the Arctic Ocean opened. When shovels broke ground on the all-weather road in January
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Blog – Alaska Native Regional Corporations are responsible for pollution, too
Two weeks ago, I wrote about how Alaska’s Red Dog Mine is the most toxic site in America. This story has been
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Blog – America’s most toxic site is in the Alaskan Arctic
In the Alaskan Arctic, Iñupiat sail across seas they’ve navigated for thousands of years in search of a whale to
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Blog: In the Arctic Ocean, an Alaska Native corporation seeks to fill void left by Shell
When Shell aborted its $7 billion Arctic drilling efforts in the Beaufort Sea in September 2015, environmentalists breathed a sigh
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Lights in the sky and mysterious gravesites: Seeking the supernatural in Western Alaska
Unexplained lights in the night sky. Killer whales that transform into human beings. Bigfoot sightings. These are just a few
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‘I Am Inuit’ goes from Instagram to museum in Anchorage, Alaska
Who lives in the Arctic? And what are their stories? Those are questions posed by a new photography exhibit more
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