ANCHORAGE, AK – The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) hosted the signing of House Bill 123 – Providing for State Recognition of Tribes and Senate Bill 34 – State-Tribal Education Compact Schools, on Thursday, July 28, 2022, at the Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC). This event celebrated two historic pieces of legislation: the formal recognition […]
Thank you to all who participated in our series of Subsistence Action Workshops. All three workshops, presentations, and transcription are available to watch on the links below. Please feel to share these workshops with your organizations and community. Knowing the laws and understanding where there are opportunities to design new ways to advance Native subsistence rights […]
Anchorage, AK—Wednesday, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTAI) announced its latest round of Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) awards. Leading the list of awardees, in terms of grant amount and consortium size, was the Alaska Federation of Natives, who secured a $35.1 million use and adoption TBCP award for its 74 consortium members. “The […]
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 […]