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 […]
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. […]