Alaska
Alaska Native leaders call for legal overhaul to protect traditional fish harvests | #alaska | #politics
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Google-News-Wire
- February 10, 2024
- Alaska Federation of Natives
- Association of Village Council Presidents
- Bob Anderson
- Congressman
- congressmen
- council
- Curt Chamberlain
- democrats
- Department of the Interior
- economy
- elections
- governor
- Heather Kendall Miller
- Jonathan Samuelson
- Julie Kitka
- Kuskokwim River
- Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
- mayor
- Native American Rights Fund
- Nicole Borromeo
- Patty Sullivan
- politics
- president
- republican
- salmon
- senator
- Subsistence
The crash of salmon stocks in Western Alaska’s Kuskokwim River has sparked a bitter court fight between the federal and state governments, and now Alaska Native leaders are calling for congressional action to ensure that Indigenous Alaskans have priority for harvests when stocks are scarce. The conflict has gripped this year’s Alaska Federation of Natives […]
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Alaska
Peltola beats Palin, wins Alaska House special election | #alaska | #politics
Democrat Mary Peltola won the special election for Alaska’s only US House seat on Wednesday, besting a field that included Republican Sarah Palin, who was seeking a political comeback in the state where she was once governor. Peltola, who is Yup’ik and turned 49 on Wednesday, will become the first Alaska Native to serve in […]
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