Juneau, AK (July 18, 2018) – Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) has been awarded $66,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through its Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services (NANH) grants program. The grant funds will be used to complete a storage assessment and improve […]
JUNEAU – The Federal Highway Administration and Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facility signed the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Cooper Landing Bypass on the Sterling Highway, which concludes an EIS process that has taken longer than any other in the history of the Federal Highway Administration. This signing allows the State […]
Anchorage — An Alaska Native Tribal Government and three conservation groups are suing the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for failing to consider the future impacts of mine development before approving an exploration plan for a hardrock mine project in the Chilkat River watershed in Southeast Alaska. The Chilkat River — “Jilkaat Heeni” in […]
The Veterans History Project (www.loc.gov/vets) is a national campaign through the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress designed to honor America’s veterans by getting interested citizens the tools and resources needed to create oral histories of veteran’s stories. Veterans who have either served in an overseas war or directly supported a war on […]