When Forest Rose Walker was growing up in Buckland, a small icebound town of 500 near Alaska’s Seward Peninsula, she was put in the corner for being a good student. “In high school, my brother, ...

The Biden Administration will open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas leases this January. Alaskan Native Communities want a seat at the table. An airplane flies over caribou ...

With Indigenous People’s Day (October 13) and Native American Heritage Month (November) approaching, Alaskan Dream Cruises—Alaska’s only Indigenous-owned cruise line—highlights what makes this ...

In September 2022, Typhoon Merbok hit Alaska. Alaskan Native communities lost homes, critical food storage, and faced many catastrophic consequences. Philanthropy often responds to these types of ...

I was in Anchorage, Alaska, in August of 2015 when the Interior Secretary officially changed the name of Mount McKinley to Denali. The front page of the Alaska Dispatch News led with the headline: “It ...

Alaska’s Natives played significant roles in World War II, in the United States military and in protecting Alaska during and after attacks by Japanese forces. Additionally, residents of the Aleutian ...

Indigenous tribes in what is now the northeastern U.S. and Canada have played lacrosse for millennia. Similar stick-and-ball games were played by tribes across the Southeast and Great Lakes region.

Former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola announced Monday that she is running for the U.S. Senate, challenging two-term Republican ...

Kidney cancer incidence is 90% higher in American Indian and Alaska Native populations than in non-Hispanic Whites, with mortality rates nearly double. Disparities are driven by late detection, ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s an epidemic that has plagued the country for decades; childhood suicide. Now, a new study out of New Mexico State University (NMSU) shows that a population that’s quite ...