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Current reporting on Native Nations, sovereignty, land, water, culture, health, education, business and community life.

Gii Máksá Geatkki Ovddas? – Who Pays For The Wolverine? – Vem Betalar För Järven?

Read this article in: Northern Sami • English • Swedish DAVVISÁMEGIELLA | NORTHERN SÁMI GII MÁKSÁ GEATKKI OVDDAS? Ruoŧŧa veahkehii geatkki, ovtta Eurohpá stuorra…

by James Edward Petersen, Yup’ik Inuit/Norwegian/UKish

September 2, 2026

Featured·Health & Community·News

Homeless at Home: Anchorage, Alaska’s, Alaska Native Homeless Issue

Alaska Native people are profoundly overrepresented among Alaska’s homeless population. Behind the statistics are people whose paths can lead from villages to Anchorage, from…

by James Edward Petersen, Yup’ik Inuit/Norwegian/UKish

August 9, 2026

Business & Economy·Featured·News

89 Machines and a Much Bigger Question

Eklutna’s Chin’an Gaming Hall is expanding. So is an old Alaska argument over Native land, business and sovereignty. Eighty-nine gaming machines are easy to…

by James Edward Petersen, Yup’ik Inuit/Norwegian/UKish

June 27, 2026

Culture & Language·Featured·News

Alaska Native Leaders Say Totem Poles Are Not Tourist Props

Tlingit & Haida, Ketchikan Indian Community and the Alaska Native Heritage Center are calling for respect after social media videos showed visitors mocking Alaska…

by Lisa Marie Heitman-Bruce, Alutiiq / Sugpiaq

June 27, 2026

Featured·Land, Water & Resources·News

The Salmon That Never Make It Home

Kawerak says new federal chum bycatch measures still leave Western Alaska communities carrying too much of the conservation burden. A salmon caught by mistake…

by James Edward Petersen, Yup’ik Inuit/Norwegian/UKish

June 27, 2026

Featured·Sovereignty & Law

Whose Law is the Law?

The Umatilla Tribes are moving closer to regaining civil jurisdiction more than 70 years after Congress expanded Oregon’s authority on their reservation. It took…

by Lisa Marie Heitman-Bruce, Alutiiq / Sugpiaq

June 27, 2026

Featured·Native Nations·News

Unopposed Chickasaw Candidates Set to Retain Legislative and Supreme Court Seats

Four legislative seats and one Supreme Court seat drew no challengers after filing closed for the 2026 general election. The Chickasaw Nation’s 2026 general…

by Lisa Marie Heitman-Bruce, Alutiiq / Sugpiaq

June 27, 2026

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