Our first Subsistence Action Workshop begins tomorrow! Register today for all three workshops. Registration links, date, and time are below. It has been 42 years since the basic ANILCA Title 8 Rural Subsistence Priority was put into federal law. Many changes have occurred in implementation and there is a whole body of federal and state […]
AFN is pleased that Congress took bold action last week to address the epidemic of violence against Indigenous women and children by introducing bipartisan reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA). The reauthorization of VAWA has been a long-standing priority of AFN. Introduced by Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, Senator […]
Friday, Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) President Julie Kitka testified before the Alaska State Senate Committee on Education in support of legislation that will authorize the Commissioner of Education and Early Development to establish a demonstration project for the creation of state-tribal compact schools. Working in partnership with the Alaska Department of Education and Early […]
AFN’s virtual Annual Convention was held on Monday and Tuesday, December 13 and 14. AFN wishes to thank the dozens of presenters, hundreds of AFN delegates, thousands of participants, Convention sponsors and exhibitors for making our 2021 AFN Convention a huge success. Quyana! Congratulations to Ana Hoffman for her reelection as Co-Chair for another term. […]