Anchorage, AK – The Indigenous Place Names Project, a community effort to amplify the identity of the Dena’ina Athabaskans of Anchorage, will continue recognizing culturally significant sites with a new grant from the Mellon Foundation. Grant funding comes through the Mellon Foundation’s Monuments Project, a commitment to transform the nation’s commemorative landscape by supporting public […]
Monday is Columbus Day in the United States. It is also a day that many people now celebrate as Indigenous Peoples Day. Columbus Day has been a federal holiday since 1937, in honor of Christopher Columbus’ so-called discovery of America. Many people, especially Native Americans, have taken offense at the notion that Columbus discovered the […]
(ANCHORAGE, AK) – The Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Anchorage Police Department (APD) have released a first-of-its-kind Missing Indigenous Persons Report. The report provides reliable data and case transparency related to all missing persons in Alaska that are Alaska Native, American Indian, or their race is unknown within the Alaska Public Safety Information […]
Three Indian Country Assistant U.S. Attorneys and One MMIP Coordinator Will Be Based in Alaska WASHINGTON – The Justice Department Wednesday announced the creation of the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Regional Outreach Program, which permanently places MMIP Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSA) and MMIP Coordinators in five designated regions across the United States to […]