This Day in Alaskan History-July 23rd, 1907
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Tribal Leaders Decry Renewed Threats to Tongass: “We Are the Forest, and the Forest Is Us”
Ketchikan, AK – In a powerful statement of resistance, President Gloria Ilsxileé Stáng Burns of the Ketchikan Indian Community (KIC) condemned ongoing efforts to lift protections from the Tongass National Forest, warning that the future of Indigenous communities and ecosystems alike hang in the balance. “We, the people of Kichxáan, are the Tongass,” Burns declared. […]
‘Don’t Believe It’: Senate GOP Claims Huge Public Land Sell-Off Would Alleviate Housing Crisis
“This isn’t about building more housing or energy dominance. It’s about giving their billionaire buddies YOUR land and YOUR money.” Senate Republicans unveiled legislation Wednesday that would require the sale of millions of acres of U.S. public land in Western states, a proposal that conservation groups slammed as a giveaway to corporate interests and the […]
This Day in Alaska History-December 21st, 1909
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