Photograph, Picture — PatReitaq (N), PatRiitaq (S) PatRiitarnga. – Take a photograph of me. The world’s first photographs were taken in the 1830s when French scientist Louis Daguerre captured images on copperplates treated with silver and mercury. Twenty years later, in the 1850s, photography became popular in the United States with the invention of […]
(Kenai, AK) – Thursday, Kenai Superior Court Judge Lance Joanis sentenced 24-year-old River John George Aspelund to 99 years in prison, with no eligibility for parole, for brutally killing his mother in Sept. 2022. A Kenai jury found Aspelund guilty of Murder in the First Degree, Murder in the Second Degree, Manslaughter, and Tampering […]
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) Thursday introduced the Promoting Strong Native Families and Children Act. This bipartisan bill aims to strengthen Tribal child welfare programs by increasing federal funding, reducing administrative barriers, and giving Tribes more flexibility to provide culturally appropriate family support. U.S. Senators Brian […]
The population of a plump northern Alaska shorebird weighing just over 2 ounces has been declining for decades. Reversing that decline will require additional conservation efforts at some of the birds’ East Asia wintering grounds, according to new research. Development that has replaced coastal wetlands is considered a major factor in the decline of the […]