This Day in Alaska History-December 18th, 1971
Yakutat Tribe, SHI and Sealaska Urging Cessation of Logging of Historic Site
Area is ancient homeland of the Kwaashk’iḵwáan clan (Oral Tradition on Humpback Creek) (Archaeological Interpretation) Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI), Sealaska Corporation and the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe are calling on Yakutat’s Native village corporation to stop logging an area that is a known and important cultural and historic site, until an assessment can be conducted and mitigation […]
Representative Mary Sattler Peltola joins Representative Mullin on resolution recognizing November as National Native American Heritage Month
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Tuesday, Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) led Reps. David Joyce (OH-14), Tom Cole (OK-04), Mary Peltola (AK At-Large), and Sharice Davids (KS-03) in introducing a resolution to recognize the month of November as National Native American Heritage Month. This resolution recognizes the distinct and important contributions of Native Americans along with the commitment to […]
Alaska Native Guardsman Driven to Serve After Early Childhood Experience
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — In a cabin nine miles from his home village of White Mountain, Alaska, Tech. Sgt. Blassi Shoogukwruk, a C-17 Globemaster III crew chief with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron took his first ride in a UH-1 Huey helicopter at the tender age of three. Not many […]