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The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday, February 28, that it will hear several cases challenging the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, or ICWA. The law was passed in 1978 in response to the disproportionate removal of Native children from their homes, families and communities.
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Originally put in place in the 1970s during peak beaver trapping, a regulation that requires submerged traps was both meant to prevent over-trapping of the species but also discourage targeting other species or decrease the risk of accidentally trapping another type of animal. But over the years, water levels fluctuate enough that could cause trappers to fall out of compliance.
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On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, President Joe Biden signed an omnibus spending package for fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act) into law.The nearly 3-thousand-page bill includes a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA.
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Some Alaska Native Elders must make the tough choice of whether to give their Native corporation shares away to be eligible for federal programs like SNAP. A piece of federal legislation would exclude settlement trust benefits from counting against their eligibility for some federal programs.
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A group of law professors wants the U.S. Ninth Circuit to reconsider a split decision from March that would allow a land swap. The swap would create a potentially life-saving road between King Cove and Cold Bay, but the road would cross a national wildlife refuge.
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As lawmakers debate U.S. immigration policy, that may or may not include some form of new wall along the U.S.- Mexico border, many Native American tribes…
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The Alaska Native Cultural Charter School recently learned one of its teachers is a finalist for the 2019 Alaska Teacher of the Year.Middle school teacher…
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By Joaqlin Estus, KNBAA Yup’ik woman from the Bristol Bay region known as one of the people who created the Alaska tribal health system and a savvy…
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Young Media MakersKoahnic Broadcast Corporation set up shop at the Elders and Youth Conference during The Alaska Federation of Natives Convention October…