[content id=”79272″] Anchorage, Alaska — The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) announced a significant legal victory as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed Judge Gleason’s decision in the Kuskokwim case that the Katie John cases remain good law. The court’s opinion, released this morning, confirms that Congress, in enacting Title VIII of the […]
JUNEAU – The Alaska House Thursday passed a bill establishing Katie John Day on May 31 of each year. “Katie John was an icon who devoted her life to convincing the public of the cultural importance of traditional fishing in her ancestral homeland,” said Representative Neal Foster, D-Nome, sponsor of the House companion bill. […]
ANCHORAGE: A new radio ad narrated by Alaska Native elder Willie Hensley is holding Dan Sullivan accountable for his anti-subsistence lawsuit against Katie John. As Attorney General, Sullivan litigated to take away Alaska Natives’ subsistence rights, a decision that has drawn widespread derision in rural Alaska. Though Sullivan has tried to cover up that lawsuit […]