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Tribal delegates from around the state passed 49 resolutions at the 2026 Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage, including one recognizing the Alaska flag designer Benny Benson.

Ethan Daayoosh Petticrew spent over 30 years in education and holds a master's degree in K-12 instruction and curriculum. He is Unangax̂ and Tlingit - Yeil of the Kiks.adi from Gagaan Hit - and grew up in Wrangell in Southeast Alaska.

The corporation left the Alaska’s largest statewide Native organization in 2022 over a debate centered on salmon declines in the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers.

Unangam Tunuu [Unangax̂ language] classes are available at the University of Alaska for the first time in two decades. Instructors Haliehana Stepetin and Moses Dirks are using traditional methods as a framework for teaching this course.

Census workers have begun distributing materials in Unalaska again after a two-month pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 18, the Census Bureau…