Alaskans need a senator who only answers to Alaskans — not corporate greed and Lower 48 insiders. Our delegation used to stand up to D.C. people to put Alaska first. Ted Stevens and Don Young ignored Lower 48 partisanship to fight for things like public media and disaster relief because rural Alaska depends on them. […]
Nanwalek (formerly English Bay) — Nanwalek Kina Nanwalegmek? – Who is from Nanwalek? The Alutiiq village of Nanwalek lies on the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula, just ten miles southwest of Seldovia. Although Alutiiq people have lived in this region for thousands of years, the community of Nanwalek began as a Russian trading post, […]
WASHINGTON — The United States observes its Columbus Day holiday on Monday as well Indigenous Peoples Day. Columbus Day has been a federal holiday since 1971 to celebrate the 1492 landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas. Recognition of the violence, disease and other suffering inflicted by European nations on the people already living in the […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—Last week, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) introduced the Alaska Native Vietnam Veterans Land Allotment Fulfillment Act of 2026. This legislation builds on Sen. Sullivan’s longstanding efforts to fulfill the federal government’s commitment to Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans by making additional federal lands available for allotment selection. The bill would immediately open approximately 3.7 […]