Native Vote 2026 With Alaska’s August 18 primary election just one day away, three Alaska Native organizations are raising concerns about election-worker vacancies in rural communities and reports

Former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola faces a large field of challengers in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate Aug. 18. As the first Alaska Native woman elected to represent the state, Peltola has been successful in reaching across party lines and supporting issues important for the state's rural Native population.

The U.S. Department of Education is expected to award $41.3 million in grant funding through the Alaska Native Education Program to 26 Alaska grantees after some delay, according to an announcement from Alaska Republican U.

A procession of Alaska Native leaders from around the state took the stage Thursday to bid farewell to the longtime leader of the Alaska Federation of Natives on the opening day of the group’s convention in Anchorage. In an hourlong ceremony, they ...

Marissa Russo is a former STAT intern supported by the AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellowship. American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States live nearly four years less than official statistics would have you believe. In fact, their ...

The Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage, while it featured the usual cultural celebrations, socializing and discussions of state and federal policies, had a strong focus this year on a particular subject: the ravages on the Yukon-Kuskokwim ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration and its allies have pushed aggressively for drilling, mining and logging in Alaska. This has intensified long-standing debate over extraction projects in the nation’s largest state ...

A clinical trial has demonstrated that a virtual prevention intervention reduced cannabis and alcohol use among American Indian and Alaska Native emerging adults. In this study, published in JAMA Network Open,