Native Voices | A brief history of the Native people of the Chugach region
By Raven Cunningham
The people of our region have called Chugach home for 10,000 years, since our glaciers have receded and our mountaintops emerged from...
Native groups endorse preservation of open primaries, ranked-choice voting
During their October meeting the Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) and Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS) passed a resolution to endorse the preservation of open primaries...
Native Voices | Traditional uses for seaweed
By Teal Hansen
Seaweed is all the rage right now, but it has been a diet staple for our ancestors since time immemorial. Our...
Native Voices | CRRC statement on co-management
By Raven Cunningham
The Chugach Regional Resources Commission (CRRC) is an inter-Tribal fish and wildlife commission comprised of seven Tribes in lower Cook Inlet and...
Native Voices | Cultural Week at Mt. Eccles Elementary School
By Danaya Hoover
Cultural Week took place at Mt. Eccles Elementary School Sept. 25 to 29. This annual event is put on by Native Village...
Native Voices | Understanding land acknowledgement
By Teal Hansen
Let’s take a moment to acknowledge that we are on the unceded traditional lands of the dAXunhyuu, the Eyak People.
But what does...
Native Voices | The Star of Gladness meets the Place Where Canoes Rest
By Teal Hansen
In May, the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hōkūle’a (“Star of Gladness” named for Arcturus, the zenith star of Hawai’i) journeyed nearly 30 hours...
