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Climate change is killing people, but there’s still time to reverse the damage

Some ecosystems have already been irreversibly altered, scientists say. And climate change is wreaking havoc on human health.
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Ketchikan’s school district is investigating allegations of racism at a basketball game against Alaska’s only Native reservation

Some Ketchikan High School students dressed up as cowboys during a basketball game against its rivals from Alaska’s only Native reservation. The Ketchikan school district is investigating.
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Advocates hope return of Alaska Native boarding school student from Carlisle is first of many

Sophia Tetoff recently became the first Alaska Native person to be brought back to Alaska for burial after dying at the Carlisle boarding school. Advocates like Lauren Peters, who is a relative of Tetoff, are hoping more children can be brought home.

Indian Affairs promised to reform tribal jails. NPR found death, neglect and disrepair

At least 19 men and women have died since 2016 in tribal detention centers overseen by the Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs, including...
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50 years of data show cancer still leading cause of death for Alaska Natives

A new study from Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium shows that cancer rates among Alaska Native people have gone up over the last half-century. Researchers say the data points to opportunities for prevention.
An Alaska native teen with a black mask getting vaccinated

Here’s how Sitka has vaccinated over half its residents against COVID-19

The Southeast Alaska town now offers vaccine to teenagers 16 as young as 16 — making Sitka one of the first places in the nation where this has been possible.
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After mishandled investigations, advocates cautious as Nome police try rebuilding trust

Under new leadership, the Nome Police Department has made some positive reforms, but advocates say a lot more work needs to be done to repair trust with the community.
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‘It’s everybody’s history’: Bill would protect Unangax̂ cemetery at Funter Bay internment camp

The cemetery holds the graves of Unangan people who died during World War II after the U.S. government forcibly removed them from the Pribilof Islands took them to the Southeast rainforest with only one bag apiece and no hunting or fishing gear.
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In Nome, few sexual assault crimes result in prosecutions

Some survivors think law enforcement doesn’t prioritize these kinds of crimes, especially when the victims are Alaska Native.
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An open letter to Alaska Public Media readers

A story published this weekend by Alaska Public Media has demonstrated the urgency for us to form deeper, direct connections to the Alaska Native community, and to have more Native voices involved in shaping our coverage — not just from the outside of our institution, but from the inside.
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Sitka looks to rename Baranof Elementary School after Native educator

The Sitka School Board recently decided to send the question of the name change to the Sitka Tribe, in hopes of identifying a “significant local cultural educator.”

Efforts underway in Alaska to remove statues of colonialists

As many in the Lower 48 call for statues of Confederate leaders to be removed amid a national reckoning on race, some Alaska residents are conducting a similar movement demanding statues tied to colonization be eliminated or relocated.
Alexander Baranov

Sitka plans to relocate Baranov statue

About 120 demonstrators gathered to demand removal of the statue.

Petersburg to unveil new mural to honor Native civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich

Alaska residents have taken a renewed interest in the civil rights leader after her likeness was used on a $1 U.S. Treasury coin last year.

National conversations about policing and race continue in small-town Alaska

The national conversation around systemic racism and police violence against people of color has reached pretty much every corner of the country, including the small Southeast Alaska community of Sitka.

Tlingit master carver chosen for Rasmuson Foundation’s ‘Distiguished Artist’ award

The award for an artist's lifetime of work comes with a $40,000 payout.

New Anchorage facility designed to support new, collaborative methods for responding to sexual violence

For years now, law enforcement and non-profits in Anchorage have been collaborating increasingly closely on measures that put the needs of victims and survivors at the center of how the state responds to sexual assaults.

In Sitka, Indigenous Peoples’ Day a prelude to broader ‘reconciliation’

As many Sitkans gear up to celebrate the 152nd anniversary of the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States on Oct. 18, others are working on reframing the holiday to include the idea of “decolonization.”

ACLU prepared to sue Nome over mishandling a reported rape

The civil rights group alleges that Nome police failed to properly handle the reported rape of former Nome Police dispatcher Clarice “Bun” Hardy in 2017.

Alaska Division of Public Health short on nurses in Bethel

Three public health nurses left Bethel in the past four months, and it’s taking a while to train and bring new ones up to speed.