A few hours later he signed an executive order doing just that. Alaska Native leaders, as well as state politicians, object that the order undoes years of work with the federal government to ...

It was formally recognized by the Obama administration in 2015. It was seen as a victory in a larger movement to restore traditional indigenous place names, and acknowledge the history and heritage of ...

The state’s senators prefer the Native name. By Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington President Donald J. Trump’s plan to return Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America’s tallest ...

Bristol Bay Native Corporation (BBNC) added new members to its team at headquarters and in its region. BBNC looks forward to the contributions they will make to BBNC, its shareholders, and the Bristol ...

In his new film, Flight Risk, the actor plays the pilot of a tiny light aircraft plying the routes above Alaska’s icy, mountainous wilderness; and I was about to board an identical six-seat ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Native Village of Eklutna began operating the Chin’an Gaming Hall for a limited number of invited patrons for the first time Monday evening. The Village has long pursued ...

President Donald Trump announced the name would be changed back to Mount McKinley during his inaugural address. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) President Donald Trump announced the name of ...

Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing ...

A decision by the Interior Department in June 2024, the so-called Anderson Opinion, “concluded that tribes in Alaska are presumed to have jurisdiction over Native allotments when they are owned ...

An Alaska resident was hospitalized with a measles ... She was previously a staff reporter at Native News Online, wrote for The Arctic Sounder and was a reporter at the Chilkat Valley News in ...

(Left to right) Lulo Reinhardt and Sönke Meinen of Germany, Alexandra Whittingham of Britain and Congolese-born, Ireland-based Niwel Tsumbu are this year's performers for the 25th annual ...

expedition arm in late 2023 and in 2025 dips a toe into Alaskan waters with two 15-day “Wilderness, Glaciers & Culture” sailings (May 16 and June 9) aboard the state-of-the-art, 265-passenger ...