Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic response to Alaska Congressional Delegation regarding the Reality of Racism

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Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic response to Alaska Congressional Delegation regarding the Reality of Racism

  Recently the Alaska Congressional delegation, Don Young, Dan Sullivan, and Lisa Murkoski shamefully attempted to utilize this moment of racial spotlight to benefit their own profit interests, by implying that global banks’ decisions to divest from the fossil fuel industry in Alaska is racially fueled. Banks around the world are divesting from activities that […]

Fairbanks Rejects BLM’s Attempts to Stifle Public Participation in Arctic Refuge Hearings

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Fairbanks Rejects BLM’s Attempts to Stifle Public Participation in Arctic Refuge Hearings

FAIRBANKS, ALASKA–Fairbanksans attending Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Monday hearing on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge publicly slammed the agency for stifling public participation in democratic process. BLM did not provide residents a public forum in which to voice comments until Alaska Native leaders demanded accountability from the officials present. The event was planned as […]