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 ...

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 ...

Jurisdiction over this small plot of land, seen Jan. 20, 2023, is being disputed between the state of Alaska, the federal government and the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of ...

Montana is home to federally recognized tribes on seven reservations, one state-recognized tribe, and a large urban American Indian population. Health disparities among American Indian and Alaska ...

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 ...

This article is part of the Health Affairs Forefront short series “Private Sector Solutions for Health Equity.” The series explores health equity challenges in areas such as cardiovascular health, ...

Discover the diverse list of Native American tribes in the US. From the Navajo Nation to Alaska Native villages, learn about tribal sovereignty and heritage. Do you know that the land of the United ...

The state of Alaska has filed suit against the federal Department of the Interior in an attempt to overturn a legal opinion that allowed the Native Village of Eklutna to open a federally regulated ...

American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms accounted for 0.9 percent of the nation’s 23 million businesses in 2002 with $26.9 billion in revenue, according to figures released Tuesday by the U.S.

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 ...