» Read discussion on Alaska Federation 07/12/11 The Alaska Federation of Natives Board of Directors announced today that Alaska Native Iditarod winner John Quniaq Baker will deliver the 2011 AFN Convention keynote address.
10/25/10 FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- The candidate treated like the frontrunner in the Alaska Senate race is not actually on the ballot. Neither Joe Miller nor Scott McAdams, for instance, was invited on stage here at the annual convention of the Alaska Federation of Natives.
10/23/10 When the president of the Alaska Federation of Natives asked Gloria O'Neill to deliver the keynote address for convention, she knew immediately what she wanted to talk about. The theme of the convention was to be "Village Survival!" but what O'Neill, president and CEO of the Cook Inlet Tribal Council, wanted to discuss was not out-migration, or subsistence, or teen suicide.
10/23/10 Yupik artist Moses Wassilie, right, and Athabascan wood carver Jay Schrock watch the unveiling of a portrait of Morris Thompson in the main lobby of the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center on Tuesday evening, Oct. 19, 2010, during the Alaska Federation of Natives Board of Directors reception.
10/22/10 FAIRBANKS - Alaska Federation of Natives officials decided to cancel a U.S. Senate forum scheduled for Friday at least partly in retaliation to criticism from Republican nominee Joe Miller, accordi...
10/21/10 Jerry Isaac, president of Tanana Chiefs Conference, shares what village survival means to him during the Alaska Federation of Natives convention Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, in the Carlson Center. Isaac urged Native groups to tackle challenges together.
10/21/10 The Alaska Federation of Natives Convention opens today at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks. Proceedings will be carried live on KNBA 90.3 FM, ARCS (the Alaska Rural Communications Service), GCI cable channels 1 and 15, and webcast at 360north.org and nativefederation.org .
10/19/10 FAIRBANKS - Alaska Federation of Natives participants and the public are invited to attend a Community Welcoming Potlatch from 5-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Big Dipper Arena, 1020 Lathrop St. The po...
10/19/10 FAIRBANKS - A free flu vaccination clinic at the 2010 annual Alaska Federation of Natives conference will be held Thursday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, while supplies last, on the ...
08/31/10 Alaska Federation of Natives co-chair Tim Towarak of Unalakleet has been named chairman of the Federal Subsistence Board in Alaska.
03/17/10 Alaskans testified Wednesday before the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee about the Sealaska Lands Bill. From left: Byron Mallott and Jaeleen Kookesh Araujo of Sealaska, Point Baker resident Don Hernandez, Alaska Federation of Natives president Julie Kitka, and hunting and fishing guide Scott Newman of Petersburg. Mallott, Araujo, and Kitka support [...]
11/09/09 David Rubenstein, one of the richest men in the world, proposed an essay contest a year ago at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention, offering $10,000 each to the winners. The assignment wa...
11/07/09 The Alaska Federation of Natives has collected $100,000 to push for changes in subsistence management and enforcement. AFN Co-Chairman Albert Kookesh says regional Native corporations are the first to contribute to the war chest. The state senator from Angoon and Sealaska Corporation board president is one of several of Alaska Native leaders cited this year [...]
10/24/09 Holiday bargain hunters are finding deals at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention's arts and crafts fair; vendors say their best-selling items are priced below $20.
10/24/09 Addressing the Alaska Federation of Native's conference Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called the federal subsistence system broken as he pledged an overhaul.
10/23/09 Willie Hensley, one of the founders of the Alaska Federation of Natives, and his daughter Elizabeth Hensley, closed the first night of the AFN Convention speaking not only of the fight over subsistence hunting and fishing rights, but also about the spiritual battle against social ills that the community still struggles with.
10/23/09 "For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska," a documentary about the Alaska Native civil rights movement, was screened at the Alaska Federation of Natives. | 
