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Haaland’s visit stirs optimism for Alaska Natives, but tensions remain
Published 10:30pm Thursday, April 28, 2022
Land, land, land.
Read moreHaaland announces land transfers for Alaska Native veterans
Published 10:30pm Wednesday, April 20, 2022
An additional 27 million acres of land will be made available to Vietnam War-era veterans.
Read moreSullivan has harsh words for Haaland, White House in annual address
Published 10:30pm Monday, April 18, 2022
Senator urges feds to “unleash” Alaska’s energy.
Read moreInterior Secretary Haaland to visit Alaska this month
Published 10:30pm Monday, April 4, 2022
Planned stops: Anchorage, Fairbanks and King Cove.
Read moreHaaland: Report on Indigenous boarding schools expected soon
Published 10:30pm Tuesday, March 15, 2022
The Interior Department is on the verge of releasing a report.
Read moreHaaland hasn’t made decision on refuge road issue
Published 10:30pm Tuesday, August 3, 2021
By Becky Bohrer
Read moreSenators press Interior Secretary Haaland on oil lease pause
Published 10:30pm Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Murkowski said she was flabbergasted that Haaland did not address the court ruling.
Read moreHaaland OK’d at Interior, 1st Native American Cabinet head
Published 10:30pm Sunday, March 14, 2021
The Senate on Monday confirmed New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary.
Read moreSenate energy panel backs Haaland for interior secretary
Published 2:30am Thursday, March 4, 2021
Murkowski was the lone Republican to support Haaland.
Read more‘I would not cry:’ National Day of Remembrance recognizes boarding school survivors and families
Published 10:30pm Thursday, September 18, 2025
A candlelight vigil, songs, and talks marked a day set aside to remember the children who survived boarding schools and those who didn’t
Read moreKennedy’s plan to send health officials to ‘Indian country’ angers Native leaders
Published 9:30pm Sunday, April 6, 2025
Health secretary says he wants to improve Indian Health Service; Native leaders have doubts.
Read moreTrump nominates governor of North Dakota — not Alaska — to be Interior Secretary
Published 9:30pm Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Doug Burgum gets nod from president-elect, leaving speculation about Dunleavy’s future hanging
Read moreUpdate: Dunleavy and Dahlstrom plan, cancel live Tuesday night announcement as Trump post for governor rumored
Published 9:30pm Monday, November 11, 2024
Dunleavy being considered for Interior secretary; also backs Trump on eliminating Dept. of Education
Read moreMy Turn: Why I oppose privatization of the Tongass rainforest
Published 9:30pm Monday, October 28, 2024
Sen. Lisa Murkowski has been trying to privatize the Tongass for years. Her latest effort, the so-called “Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation ... Read more
Biden highlights Rosita Worl’s harsh childhood, life achievements in apology for U.S. abuse of Native children
Published 9:30pm Friday, October 25, 2024
Remarks come days after Biden gives Sealaska Heritage Institute president National Humanities Medal
Read more‘We have persevered’: Biden will apologize for Native American boarding school history
Published 9:30pm Wednesday, October 23, 2024
For the first time in history, a sitting U.S. president is set to apologize to Indigenous communities for the role the federal government played in ... Read more
New rule adds three Alaska tribal representatives to federal board managing subsistence
Published 9:30pm Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Federal government also announces three agreements with tribal organizations on lands, water management.
Read moreA new film highlights the traumas inflicted on Indigenous children by residential schools
Published 9:30pm Tuesday, September 24, 2024
This story contains difficult subject matter relating to Canada’s and America’s history of operating residential schools for Indigenous people. The National Native American Boarding School ... Read more
Feds will keep large-scale development ban in place on 28 million acres in Alaska
Published 9:30pm Monday, August 26, 2024
The federal government will continue to prohibit mining, drilling and other forms of development on 28 million acres of federal land spread across Alaska, the ... Read more
Alaska officials echo federal push to promote healing after boarding schools report
Published 9:30pm Thursday, August 1, 2024
Murkowski, state lawmakers have pushed for a Native-led documentation effort.
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