WASHINGTON — Alaska Native groups on Thursday celebrated the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act. The Indian Child Welfare Act gives preference to relatives and tribal ...

Tlingit tribal members march down Front Street in downtown Juneau on June 8, 2024, during Celebration 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled that the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will take aim at a contracting program that's become a critical part of the ...

Charlie Jones, Chief Shakes VII, wearing the Kéet Kudàs, or Killer Whale shirt, from the Naanya.aayí clan of Wrangell, Alaska, in 1940. (Image courtesy of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida ...

Tlingit natives gather for a dance at Marine Park in Juneau, Alaska, in 2008. (Gillfoto from Wikipedia via Courthouse News). (CN) — A federal judge, on Wednesday, ruled against the Tlingit & Haida ...

With the Trump administration weighing in on behalf of the tribes and Native communities, the court announced Monday that it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Alaska prisons, the numbers of Alaska Native/American Indians are almost equal to the white population. (Photo/Will Mader, KTOO ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory)— A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups and other forest advocates are seeking to defend ...

Comprehensive Support and a Streamlined System Aid Prospective Applicants and Funded Scholars College Scholarship Fund ...

Just hours after Rhonda Swaney left a prenatal appointment for her first pregnancy, she felt severe pain in her stomach and ...

A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled that the U.S. Department of the Interior may take land into trust on behalf of Alaska Native tribes, a decision that could allow tribes to create “Indian country ...