2023 Alaska Federation of Natives convention opens Thursday in Anchorage | #alaska | #politics
Delegates sing hymns to Rep. Mary Peltola after her keynote address on the opening day of the Alaska Federation of Natives annual conference at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage on October 20, 2022. (Marc Lester / ADN) The Alaska Federation of Natives convention starts Thursday at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage and runs through Saturday. […]
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AFN roundup: Dozens of Alaska Natives call for increased tribal management to solve subsistence shortages | #alaska | #politics
Ahtna representative Faye Ewan speaks about subsistence issues during a knowledge sharing forum on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 during the Alaska Federation of Natives convention at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN) The second day of the Alaska Federation of Natives 2023 convention at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention […]
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After husband’s death, Alaska Federation of Natives honors Rep. Peltola with outpouring of support | #alaska | #politics
A teary U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, receives a warm welcome from Alaska Federation of Natives convention attendees on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center in downtown Anchorage. Peltola recently returned to work in Washington, D.C., after grieving the loss of her husband, who died in a plane crash in […]
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Alaska Federation of Natives asks Congress for ‘immediate action’ to expand subsistence protection | #alaska | #politics
Delegates listen to Cook Inlet Region, Inc. CEO Sophie Minich deliver the keynote address during the Alaska Federation of Natives convention on Thursday at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN) As the state’s largest Alaska Native organization closed out its 57th annual convention in Anchorage on Saturday, it called […]
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In ‘Mary’s house,’ a push to bolster Alaska Native voters | #alaska | #politics
People listen to U.S. House candidates speak during a forum at the Alaska Federation of Natives annual conference at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN) On the final day of the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention Saturday, all candidates in statewide races took the stage to […]
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At AFN, Murkowski says she’ll vote for longtime friend and Democrat Mary Peltola for U.S. House | #alaska | #politics
Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski shows off a kuspuk given to her last November by Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. Both Murkowski and Peltola’s kuspuks were sewn by Evelyn Day of Bethel. Photographed Friday at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage. (Zachariah Hughes / ADN) Alaska’s Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she […]
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