The 2021 AFN Convention Guide, which includes the complete agenda, information on presenters and sponsors, and links to the many ways you can watch and participate in this year’s virtual convention on December 13 and 14, is now available by clicking HERE. We hope to see you next Monday and Tuesday! How to Participate […]
Dear AFN Delegates, Members, and Convention Participants, The 2021 AFN Convention, scheduled for December 13 and 14, is just around the corner! There are many ways to participate and watch. Click HERE for the agenda. You can participate by logging into the convention virtual meeting platform. Click HERE to log in for access to agenda updates, […]
WASHINGTON, DC—March 8, 2021—The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) released its annual Legislative and Policy Agenda listing Tribal health-related administrative and legislative requests for 24 issues areas ranging from COVID-19 response and recovery and increased telehealth capacity to full funding for the Indian Health Service and improving water and sanitation infrastructure as an integral public […]
President Joe Biden immediately began to reverse the Trump administration’s policies on climate change with one of 17 executive orders signed Wednesday after his inauguration. That’s in addition to the move to rejoin the Paris agreement to limit climate-changing greenhouse gases. After four years of federal disinterest in the issue, the order calls on all […]
Happy Indigenous People’s Day! As we prepare to host the largest gathering of Indigenous peoples in the United States on Thursday and Friday, October 15 and 16 we wanted to take a minute to recognize the many Alaska Native cultures and traditions and peoples that make our state truly extraordinary. Haw’aa, Gunalchéesh, Qaĝaasakung, Tsin’aen, […]
Alaska’s Board of Fisheries will meet in Anchorage, Alaska, March 8–11, to discuss statewide king and tanner crab issues. The board will only address Tanner crab for Southeast and Yakutat, and Prince William Sound areas. There are 37 proposals on the agenda, including one from Cordova District Fishermen United (CDFU) calling for a commercial […]
Last week, I shared with you my vision for the Last Frontier – an agenda that highlights the priorities of Alaskans from Kotzebue to Ketchikan. It’s time to examine the way things have always been done. It’s time to leave behind the “that-won’t-work-in-Alaska” crowd. True to that mantra, this year’s agenda is packed with […]
The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) is pleased to share the 2018 Convention Agenda! This year’s Convention theme, Innovation: Past, Present and Future, inspired a robust three days of panels, presentations, and engagement. Highlights will include speeches from Governor Bill Walker, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, U.S. Representative Don Young, the Alaska State Legislature Speaker […]