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 | Prehistory of the Chugach region  Native Voices |

By Raven Cunningham  Imagine a place where the mountains shoot up from the ocean, glaciers you can walk on that touch the ocean’s tides, and...

Native Voices | Eyak and Sugpiaq winter traditions

Water determined our way of life. Our food, clothing, and ways of life revolved around and mainly came from the ocean and rivers. Our...

Native Voices | Sugpiat winter festivals

For those who participate in subsistence and seasonal traditional harvesting, the winter is a time for rest, recovery, and socialization. We have celebrated holidays...

Native Voices: Birds, a necessity of daily Sugpiaq life

Shorebirds is the theme of the month for Cordova. Bird enthusiasts flock to our shores to witness the annual returns. The early springtime is...

Lankard: Ocean farming is key to feeding our people, healing the ocean  

In the wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, which devastated the environment, Lankard's goal became protecting the lands and waters of Prince William Sound.