Fairbanks, Alaska — After 15 years of dedicated service, Steve Ginnis, executive director of Fairbanks Native Association, has announced his retirement. Ginnis has been at the helm of FNA, a community non-profit organization, steering it through significant transformations and accomplishments, since 2009. “Steve Ginnis has been a true leader, dedicated to our community and the […]
The 50th Festival of Native Arts will be held at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’ Campus on Feb. 22-24, 2024. The festival’s theme this year is Troth Yeddha’ Forever: Our Ways of Life. UAF’s Fairbanks campus sits on Troth Yeddha’, or “wild potato ridge,” in the ancestral lands of the Lower Tanana Dene’. The theme not only […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday that his administration is committed to writing “a new and better chapter of history” for its more than 570 native communities by, among other things, making it easier for them to access federal funding. “It’s hard work to heal the wrongs of the past and change the course […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Fisheries management in Alaska is complex. The laws that govern it have created a patchwork State-federal system that unfortunately puts rural residents who need subsistence to survive in the middle of two management regimes. All sides agree the system needs adjusting to bring about more cohesive management and to allow the focus to […]