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RIP opioid addicts editorial cartoon by Dave Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News, 2016 (Courtesy of Creative Commons)

Tribal teachings on opioids

By Joaqlin Estus

Jan 12, 2023

Arctic sea ice (Photo by Patrick Kelley, courtesy of Creative Commons)

The warming Arctic reveals shifting seasons

By Joaqlin Estus

Dec 13, 2022

ILULISSAT GREENLAND - Iceberg in Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland, with m.v. Esle Sept. 21, 2007 (Photo by kaet44, courtesy of Creative Commons).

Arctic Inuit see gains, losses at climate change convention

By Joaqlin Estus

Dec 7, 2022

U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin, center, speaks with his wife Christie and children, from left, Lynette, Ivy, Andrew, Larra, Jayce and Jim at his side during an election watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. (Stephen Pingry/Tulsa World via AP)

Election 2022: ‘Incredible year’ for Indigenous candidates

By Dianna Hunt and Joaqlin Estus

Dec 6, 2022

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola being interviewed at an election night watch party held in Anchorage, Alaska, Nov. 8, 2022 (Photo by Joaqlin Estus, ICT).

Rep. Mary Peltola: Alaska issues are Indian Country issues

By Joaqlin Estus

Nov 29, 2022

Chum salmon swimming upriver NOAA Fisheries

Alaska tribes debate solutions to salmon shortage

By Joaqlin Estus

Nov 3, 2022

AFN - Alaska Federation of Natives audience, Oct. 22, 2022 (Photo by Joaqlin Estus)

Alaska’s unique self governance

By Joaqlin Estus

Oct 26, 2022

Mike Williams, Yup'ik, Chief of Akiak Tribe, Alaska region representative to NCAI, speaking at the Alaska Federation of Natives 2022 convention, Oct. 22, 2022. (Photo by Joaqlin Estus, ICT)

Alaska tribes clarify corporation’s non-sovereign status

By Joaqlin Estus

Oct 25, 2022

(Second from right), Host Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska President Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson (Haida/Lingít) talks with (left to right) D'Pharoah Woon-A-Tai Oji-Cree Anishinaabe; Quannah Chasinghorse-Potts, Hän Gwich'in/Oglala Lakota; and Martin Sensmeier, Lingít/Koyukon, about the things that ground them as Indigenous artists. (Photo credit: First Alaskans Institute).

'Glitz and glam' pathway has its setbacks

By Joaqlin Estus

Oct 21, 2022

Voters emerge from Sabathani Community Center after casting their ballots during municipal elections Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in Minneapolis. Voters in Minneapolis are deciding whether to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety. The election comes more than a year after George Floyd’s death launched a movement to defund or abolish police across the country.(David Joles /Star Tribune via AP)

Alaska puts new elections process to the test

By Joaqlin Estus

Oct 13, 2022

Alaska Daily poster

New network series tackles MMIW cold cases

By Joaqlin Estus

Oct 5, 2022

Demolition of Memorial Presbyterian church in 1962. (Photo by Skip Gray)

Church commits $1 million to repair Alaska closure

By Joaqlin Estus

Sep 22, 2022

A home is seen floating in the Snake River near Nome, Alaska, on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Much of Alaska's western coast saw flooding and high winds as the remnants of Typhoon Merbok moved into the Bering Sea region. The National Weather Service says some locations could experience the worst coastal flooding in 50 years. (AP Photo/Peggy Fagerstrom)

Villagers taking stock after typhoon hits western Alaska

By Joaqlin Estus

Sep 19, 2022

Cover to Guide to Sources to Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) sources Sept. 14, 2022. (Photo by Joaqlin Estus, ICT)

How did Alaska Native corporations come about?

By Joaqlin Estus

Sep 15, 2022

Pictured: Senator Murkowski at the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs roundtable on May 18, 2022.

Why didn’t Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski go the way of Liz Cheney?

By Joaqlin Estus

Sep 1, 2022

Democrat Mary Peltola smiles at supporters after delivering remarks at a fundraiser on Aug. 12, 2022, in Juneau, Alaska. Peltola was in the U.S. House special election, a ranked choice election in which she is competing against Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich. The winner of that race will serve the remainder of the late U.S. Rep. Don Young's term, which ends early next year. She is also in the U.S. House primary to fill the next 2-year House term. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Alaska Native elected to Congress

By Joaqlin Estus

Sep 1, 2022

Artist Crystal Worl in front of her mural, a work in progress, in downtown Anchorage, Aug. 17, 2022 (Photo by Joaqlin Estus, ICT).

Anchorage mural honors Indigenous people, Alaskans

By Joaqlin Estus

Aug 22, 2022

Democrat Mary Peltola smiles at supporters after delivering remarks at a fundraiser on Aug. 12, 2022, in Juneau, Alaska. Peltola was in the U.S. House special election, a ranked choice election in which she is competing against Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich. The winner of that race will serve the remainder of the late U.S. Rep. Don Young's term, which ends early next year. She is also in the U.S. House primary to fill the next 2-year House term. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Alaska Native takes lead in US Congressional race over Sarah Palin

By Joaqlin Estus

Aug 17, 2022

VOTER Alaska elections, language assistance, Togiak, During Election 2014, turnout surged in Alaska Native villages, including Togiak, shown here, in the Bristol Bay region. This was a result of various improvements in voting access, including increased language assistance for speakers of Alaska Native languages. A judge has ordered that the assistance be made permanent. (Photo by Stephanie Woodard, courtesy Tanana Chiefs Conference)

Organizers, state face hurdles to getting out Alaska Native vote

By Joaqlin Estus

Aug 12, 2022

Bill signing 1

State of Alaska recognizes tribes with historic bill

By Joaqlin Estus

Jul 30, 2022

HOMELESS AK - Stephanie George and. Ephim Kamluck, Jr., at their tent at Centennial Campground in Anchorage, Alaska, July 18, 2022 (Photo by Joaqlin Estus, ICT).

Alaska homeless camp out in tent city

By Joaqlin Estus

Jul 21, 2022

Candy salmon

Two Alaska artists express love of family, culture

By Joaqlin Estus

Jul 15, 2022

During Election 2014, turnout surged in Alaska Native villages, including Togiak, shown here, in the Bristol Bay region. This was a result of various improvements in voting access, including increased language assistance for speakers of Alaska Native languages. Now, a judge has ordered that the assistance be made permanent.

Will the Native vote count in Alaska?

By Joaqlin Estus

Jul 13, 2022

money, finance, loan, loans, cash, debt

A clearer roadmap for federal funding for tribes

By Joaqlin Estus

Jun 30, 2022

Sockeye salmon strips hang in a smokehouse on the Kuskokwim River at Yukon Delta Refuge. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS, courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Court sides with federal agencies in subsistence lawsuit

By Joaqlin Estus

Jun 27, 2022

The monthly magazine Alaska Business lists an Alaska Native regional corporation in first place among the state's businesses based on gross revenues. The Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, or ASRC, had revenues of $3.5 billion in 2020. ASRC, or the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, which runs petroleum refining and oil field support services, and other operations, has offices in Anchorage, shown here.

Tempers flare over definition of tribes, Alaska Native corporations

By Joaqlin Estus

Jun 22, 2022

Cherokee Nation, Lawsuit, Opioid Addiction

Opioid settlements to bring hundreds of millions to tribes

By Joaqlin Estus

Jun 17, 2022

Happy to be together in person again, left to right: NCAI Southern Plains Vice-President Gonzo Flores, Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas; Great Plains Vice-President:Harold Frazier, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe; and Northeast Vice-President Lance Gumbs, Shinnecock Indian Nation of New York, at the National Congress of American Indians mid-year conference, Dena'Ina Convention Center in Anchorage, AK on June 13, 2022 (Photo by Joaqlin Estus, ICT)

NCAI heads into midyear conference short its CEO

By Joaqlin Estus

Jun 14, 2022

Congress, U.S. Capitol

Four Alaska Natives vie for sole congressional seat

By Joaqlin Estus

Jun 8, 2022

"President Nez joins President Biden for the signing of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Bill," wrote Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez on Twitter, Nov. 15, 2021. (Photo courtesy Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, Twitter)

Released: Tribal playbook to infrastructure dollars

By Joaqlin Estus

Jun 1, 2022

Sockeye salmon strips hang in a smokehouse on the Kuskokwim River at Yukon Delta Refuge. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS, courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Federal government sues Alaska over subsistence

By Joaqlin Estus

May 26, 2022

William Tyson Elementary School principal John Kito stands in the school’s lobby in front of artwork made for the school by Southeast Alaska artist Nathan Jackson. (Emily Mesner / ADN)

Tlingit John Kito retires after 57 years in education

By Joaqlin Estus

May 24, 2022

A local dam that holds water fed by a well in the watershed area of the Chuska Mountains provides water for wild horses and herds of cattle. All across the Navajo Nation, communities have been impacted by the low rainfall and snowpack because of drought caused by climate change. (Photo by Pauly Denetclaw for Indian Country Today)

Coordinated response needed to respond to climate change effects on tribes

By Joaqlin Estus

May 22, 2022

Shown here: Donlin Gold's base camp near Crooked Creek, in western Alaska, the site of what would be one of the world's largest gold mines. (Photo courtesy of Donlin Gold).

Alaska affirms water certificate for proposed Donlin mine

By Joaqlin Estus

May 17, 2022

Jim LaBelle, Navy whites, n.d. (Courtesy of Jim LaBelle)

Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans hopeful for new lands

By Joaqlin Estus

May 11, 2022

Tiberius Newbill holding a poster from hospital staff with parents Tasha and Enrico Newbill, at Seattle Children’s Hospital Cancer Ward on 11/16/21, the day of Tiberius' first transplant (Photo courtesy of Tasha Newbill)

Inupiaq boy hopes for life-saving stem cell transplant

By Joaqlin Estus

May 9, 2022

NPR-A, National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A) in Alaska map (Courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management).

Arctic Inupiaq leaders take aim at Biden oil policy

By Joaqlin Estus

May 5, 2022

Banners hoisted at the Rosebud Indian Reservation bring attention to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and to recognize the #MMIWBIKERUNUSA2021. The relay went through Rosebud on Sept. 4-5, 2021, on the way to Washington, D.C. (Photo by Vi Waln for Indian Country Today)

MMIWG 2022 Day events

By Joaqlin Estus

May 2, 2022

Dr. Gordon L. Pullar Sr., a longtime Alutiiq educator and author in Alaska, died April 18, 2022, after a long illness. (Photo courtesy of Gordon L. Pullar Jr.)

Alutiiq educator, author Gordon Pullar Sr. dead at 78

By Joaqlin Estus

Apr 26, 2022

Vietnam Veteran Nelson Angapak Sr., Yup’ik and a former vice president of the Alaska Federation of Natives, speaks with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Laguna Pueblo, on April 21, 2022, at the Bureau of Land Management office in Anchorage, Alaska, shortly after she announced that 28 million acres of land would be open for selection by Vietnam-era veterans for Native allotments. (Photo by Joaqlin Estus/Indian Country Today)

Interior opens allotments for Alaska Native Vietnam vets

By Joaqlin Estus

Apr 26, 2022

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 6, 2016) - An aerial view of ships moored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Ace Rheaume/Released) 160706-N-SI773-499

Honolulu: Military fuel leak, drought, water crisis

By Joaqlin Estus

Apr 18, 2022

The Three Affiliated Tribes operates a gas station, shown here on March 29, 2022, bearing signage of Houston-based Marathon Oil. The company considers the Bakken shale in North Dakota one of its top four competitive oil plays in the United States. (Photo by Jodi Rave Spotted Bear/Buffalo's Fire)

Gasoline prices hurting consumers

By Joaqlin Estus

Apr 16, 2022

In this May 7, 2020 photo provided by Aaron Watson, the sun sets over Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut territory in far north Canada. Iqaluit has a population of about 7,000 people, many of whom are Inuit. Watson says, so far, there are no cases of coronavirus in the town. (AP Photo via Aaron Watson)

Clean water on the horizon for Iqaluit

By Joaqlin Estus

Apr 12, 2022

The chamber of the House of Representatives is seen at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. President Joe Biden will deliver his State of the Union speech Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress and the nation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Alaska Natives running in crowded congressional race

By Joaqlin Estus

Apr 8, 2022

Lake Mead (by Chris Richards, courtesy of Creative Commons)

Climate change elevates environmental inequities

By Joaqlin Estus

Apr 7, 2022

Alaska State Capitol, Juneau

Alaska Supreme Court rules against gerrymandering

By Joaqlin Estus

Mar 28, 2022

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Alaska Natives ready for a Native candidate to step forward

By Joaqlin Estus

Mar 24, 2022

Town view, Iqaluit, Nunavut (by Timothy Neesam, GumshoePhotos, courtesy of Creative Commons)

Nunavut capital struggles to fix water system

By Joaqlin Estus

Mar 23, 2022

Benny Benson, designer of Alaska's flag, Seward, ca. 1927. Courtesy of Alaska State Archives.

Research reveals errors about Alaska Native designer of state flag

By Joaqlin Estus

Mar 17, 2022

Pribilof Islands

Remote tribe seeks co-management of marine resources

By Joaqlin Estus

Mar 16, 2022

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