(Fairbanks)—Governor Bill Walker and Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott congratulated Alaska Federation of Native’s 2016 Citizen of the Year Mike Toyukak Thursday morning during AFN’s 50th annual convention in Fairbanks. Toyukak and others sued the State of Alaska in 2013 for lack of language assistance for voters with limited proficiency in English in the Dillingham and Kusilvak […]
FAIRBANKS – Governor Bill Walker and Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott presented the 2016 Shirley Demientieff Award to Faith Peters of Tanana on Thursday. They made the announcement at the 50th annual Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Fairbanks. “I am deeply honored to present this year’s Shirley Demientieff Award to Faith Peters,” said Governor Walker. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate recently passed a resolution, introduced by U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN). AFN was formed in October 1966 when more than 400 Alaska Natives, representing 17 Native organizations, conducted a historic 3-day meeting to address Alaska Native […]
The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, or HAARP, donated 30 fire extinguishers to the Gakona Volunteer Fire Department in August. When staff at the Geophysical Institute last year assumed responsibility for administration of HAARP, the new managers decided there were more of the 5-pound CO2 extinguishers than needed. “We’re going […]