USCG District 17 public affairs report that the investigation into the helicopter crash on Read Island is continuing. They also report that two of the creewmembers of the Jayhawk have been released from the hospital while the other two crewmembers have been upgraded to fair condition from their earlier designation as serious condition. The Jayhawk […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – The Wilderness Society Wednesday announced its support for a bill sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski that is known as the Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act (S. 1889). The legislation would allow five communities omitted from the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to receive settlement land and form corporations, […]
JUNEAU – The Native American Rights Fund (NARF) has filed an amicus brief before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Ninth Circuit) on behalf of the Southeast Alaska Native Coalition in the Wild Fish Conservancy vs. Jennifer Quan, et al case. The coalition is made up of 16 sovereign tribes, 7 Alaska Native Village corporations, Sealaska […]
JUNEAU, AK –The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) announced it will be expanding the Generations Southeast Community Learning Center (Generations Southeast) to include an education campus in Klawock. Through a long-term lease agreement with the City of Klawock, Tlingit & Haida will assume all operations […]