ANCHORAGE, AK – The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) is hosting the Alaska premiere of One With the Whale on Wednesday, October 18, at 7:00 p.m. at the Dena’ina Civic & Convention Center in Anchorage to kick off the 2023 AFN Convention. Hunting whales is a matter of life or death for the Indigenous people of […]
Alaskans, I respectfully implore you to recognize that the flood of paid advertisements you’ve been hearing about a state constitutional convention may not be telling you the whole story – and dare I say is “spinning” the story to protect the power and wealth of some who believe they would benefit more from your “no” […]
ANCHORAGE, AK – On Saturday, the final day of the 2022 AFN Convention, Alaska Federation of Natives delegates voted to pass 25 resolutions, including endorsements of Representative Mary Sattler Peltola and Senator Lisa Murkowski in their respective races to continue representing the great state of Alaska in our nation’s capital. “U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski and U.S. Representative […]
The Alaska Federation of Natives, the state’s largest statewide Native organization, chose for its 2022 Convention keynote speaker Representative Mary Sattler Peltola. After winning the special election and becoming the first Alaska Native and the first woman as the U.S. House of Representative for Alaska, the AFN board and leadership invited Representative Peltola to help honor […]