With assistance from Alaska Sea Grant, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council recently adopted what some are calling a groundbreaking ecosystem management plan for the Bering Sea that incorporates local and traditional knowledge. It’s the first time that local and traditional knowledge (LTK) has been formally taken into account in the regional council’s management […]
SITKA, January 8, 2018 — As part of Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital’s (MEH) overarching goal to provide the best care possible to individuals receiving medical care at MEH, the Hospital Nutrition staff, in partnership with NMS, recently began making traditional food options available to inpatients. Providing care means more than traditional medicine, it means comforting those […]
A 63-year-old Oregon woman is facing four counts of Embezzlement following a Department of the Interior’s Inspector General/FBI investigation, and subsequent Federal Grand Jury indictment. Delia Commander, who worked as a Tribal Administrator for the Skagway Traditional Council, has been charged with embezzling approximately $300,000 from that organization, the Assistant U.S. Attorney Aunnie Steward revealed on […]
More than 800 students in grades 1–6 from across Alaska will gather this weekend in the spirit of sportsmanship to compete in traditional Alaska Native contests during the 2017 Junior NYO Games (JNYO) Feb. 24–26 at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex on the UAA campus in Anchorage. NYO is a year-round program having a quantifiably […]