Posted by Zach Roberts on March 7, 2016 · 2 Comments
Alaska NYTimes – Nowhere to Go Amid Alaska’s Melting Ice Alaska’s Chukchi Sea was only just starting to freeze when Nima Taradji arrived at the Inupiat village of Shishmaref last December. Situated on a narrow barrier island, Shishmaref was founded over 400 years ago as a seasonal fishing settlement. Cold weather and natural ice barriers used to protect the shore, but now the municipal village, home to some 600 residents, faces the immediate threat of inundation. ADN.com – State faces tough questions in case over Native and federal land control in Alaska The state of Alaska got a rough reception from federal…
Category Headlines · Tags Alaska, Alaska Native Tribes, Anchorage, kasich, marines, native claims, nytimes, photos, presidents, primary, Republicans, Schwarzenegger, trump, winter
Posted by Shannyn Moore on September 9, 2012 · 10 Comments
Ever had a boss so hard to read you didn’t know if you were going to be fired or promoted? Mixed messages on a daily basis? It’s horrible. How are you supposed know what to do? A relationship in which you don’t know if you’ll be hit or hugged is much worse. “Can’t you just be a jerk all the time? It would make things so much easier.” It’s the back and forth, the uncertainty that make these situations unbearable. That’s why I feel bad for the folks at the Environmental Protection Agency. Oh, before you start calling me a…
Category Alaska, Environment, Fish & Wildlife, Headlines, Pebble Mine, Resource Development, Rural Issues, Sean Parnell · Tags Alaska EPA, Alaska fisheries, Alaska Native Tribes, Alaska salmon, EPA, Mercury mine, No Pebble Mine, Pebble Mine, Red Devil mine, Sean Parnell
Posted by Jeanne Devon on October 23, 2010 · 80 Comments
By Elstun Lauesen The most interesting meeting on Day 2 of the AFN Conference was on Village Survival! It wasn’t held at AFN. It wasn’t on the official AFN agenda. It was held miles away from the Carlson Center. It was a government-to-government consultation held with Alaska Tribal Leaders well away from the AFN venue. Mike Williams, Chief of Akiak Yupiit, sobriety advocate and mental health counselor organized the meeting while the Undersecretary for Indian Affairs, Larry Echohawk was in town for AFN. But the nature of the meeting, electric with a sense of urgency, required that the Tribal representatives…
Category Alaska, Alaska Senate Race, Bang it, Barack Obama, Election 2010, Rallies and Events, Republicans, Roll your eyes into it, Rural Issues, Ted Stevens · Tags 8(a), AFN convention, Alaska Native corporations, Alaska Native Tribes, ANCSA, Ted Stevens Alaska Natives
