ALASKA FEDERATION OF NATIVES CONVENTION
AFN delegates voted Saturday to call for a 14-point overhaul of subsistence hunting and fishing regulation in Alaska. The proposals include a push for the federal government to assume responsibility for regulating subsistence on 45.5 million acres of Native-owned land.
ALASKA FEDERATION OF NATIVES CONVENTION
Feds seek to reshape hunting and fishing rules
The Obama administration is launching a rapid, sweeping review of the way the federal government manages subsistence hunting and fishing in Alaska, Interior Department officials said Friday.
Producer looking for Inuit actors
Andrew MacLean, whose short film "Sikumi" ("On the Ice") has won awards at the Sundance Film Festival and elsewhere, is holding auditions in Anchorage for an expanded version of the movie. Prior acting experience is not needed.
Artists like bigger space at AFN craft fair
There's a new and more expansive look at the Alaska Federation of Natives annual Arts and Crafts Show, which concludes today in the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center.
Changes planned for Native contracting program
Federal regulators told at least 100 AFN delegates attending a breakout session Thursday that they are about to make revisions to the controversial federal-contracting program behind the huge growth of many Alaska Native corporations this decade.
AFN convention speeches address history and change
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.
THE VILLAGE BLOG
Live-blogging from the AFN convention
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The Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention got under way this morning in downtown Anchorage. Reporter Kyle Hopkins is live-blogging on our rural blog, The Village. Come back for updates through the day.
Video Live streaming from the AFN convention
AFN convention to touch on village issues
AFN convention to touch on village issues
The Alaska Federation of Natives convention launches this morning in Anchorage, promising a complex look at the law and politics surrounding basic village needs.
Photos: Last day of First Alaskans Elders & Youth Conference
PORTRAITS FROM THE AFN CONVENTION
Alaska Native youths talk about the future
Thousands of Alaska Native young people and elders from across the state filled the Dena'ina Center Monday and Tuesday for the First Alaskans Elders & Youth Conference. We talked to a sampling of teenagers Tuesday about the conference, their futures and how they feel about village life.
Subsistence rights expected to headline AFN convention
Alaska Native leaders expect rural subsistence hunting and fishing rights to be a major theme this week at the state's largest gathering of indigenous people.
Options to follow Alaska Federation of Natives convention
The state's largest gathering of Alaska Natives begins this week at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage.
Committee scrutinizes Alaska Native corporation contracts
WASHINGTON -- Alaska Native corporations "provide some benefits to their shareholders," a Senate oversight committee found, but it also determined that the advantages the companies enjoy under U.S. Small Business Administration contracting rules create "the potential for waste, fraud and abuse."
The federal Bureau of Land Management has filed public notice to convey more than 554,000 acres to a handful of Alaska village and regional Native corporations.
Interior city to host AFN convention in 2010
The Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention is returning to Fairbanks.
Native groups oppose attorney general choice
An Alaska Federation of Natives committee voted unanimously to oppose Gov. Sarah Palin's pick for attorney general Wednesday.
AFN convention picks Anchorage over Fairbanks
The Alaska Federation of Natives has decided to forgo Fairbanks next year and hold its annual convention in Anchorage.
Willie Hensley, one of the founders of the Alaska Federation of Natives, and his daughter Elizabeth Hensley, give the keynote address at this year's AFN Convention. [enlarge video].
VIDEO
The Chevak Tanqik Dancers performed on the first night of Quyana Alaska, Oct. 22, 2009.
PHOTOS
Images of the 2009 Alaska Federation of Native convention in Anchorage, and the days leading up to it.
READER-SUBMITTED PHOTOS
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WEB SITE
Read the issues and programs the AFN is focused on, and find a link to the live streaming of this year's convention.
2008 VIDEO
The high cost of rising fuel prices
Emmonak. Nightmute. Elim. Alaskans from across the state talk about what rocketing gas and fuel costs have meant for their villages and hometowns. [enlarge video].
AUDIO SLIDE SHOW
On the first night of Quyana Alaska at the 2006 AFN, 87-year-old Yupik' elder Mary Ann Sundown made a surprise appearance.
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