Alaska Federation of Natives

Theme chosen for AFN convention

Officials have chosen the theme "Success Beyond Barriers" for this year's Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage.

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ALASKA FEDERATION OF NATIVES

Violence Against Women Act details trouble Alaska Natives

Alaska Natives are opposing Lower 48 tribes over reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, saying that since few Alaska Natives live on reservations, it would reduce their power to intervene.
INTERIOR

Athabascan elder Catherine Attla dies

Catherine Attla, an Athabascan elder, author and tradition bearer, has died at her home in Huslia. She was born in 1927.
AVIATION INDUSTRY

Alaska Air Group pays $54 million in employee bonuses

Alaska Air Group paid almost $54 million in annual bonuses Wednesday to nearly all of its 12,800 employees for exceeding the company's 2011 operational and financial goals.
HEALTH

AFN hearing airs Alaska suicide issues

Tessa Baldwin, 17 and a member of the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council, fought through tears to tell her story about suicides in her life Saturday during a U.S. Senate field hearing on Alaska Native suicide at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in downtown Anchorage.
ALASKA FEDERATION OF NATIVES

Young entrepreneur wins award

Voters in the Alaska Marketplace competition -- a contest to win seed money to start small rural businesses -- awarded Rebecca Wilbur the people's choice award at this year's Alaska Federation of Natives convention. She'll take home $6,000 from the competition.
ALASKA FEDERATION OF NATIVES

AFN urges Alaskans to drop party affiliation

Are you a registered Democrat or Republican? The board of directors for the Alaska Federation of Natives -- the nonprofit representing indigenous people in nearly 180 communities across the state -- recommends dropping your party affiliation. At least on paper.
ALASKA FEDERATION OF NATIVES

Business tips for rural Alaska: computer farm, tourist kuspuks

Former Bethel Rep. Mary Sattler has a question: Why is it that when tourists go to Hawaii, they all come home wearing a Hawaiian shirt, but when visitors leave Alaska, they're not wearing a traditional kuspuk?
ALASKA FEDERATION OF NATIVES

AFN remains undecided about 2012 convention location

The Alaska Federation of Natives Convention Committee has recommended the convention be held in Fairbanks next year, but a telephone poll of AFN board members seemed to indicate a preference for Anchorage.
ALASKA FEDERATION OF NATIVES

Young: Time for an Alaska Native in Congress

Alaska Rep. Don Young told Alaska Federation of Natives convention delegates today that he'd like to see an Alaska Native elected to the state's sole congressional seat. The AFN convention opened this morning at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage, with delegates from across the state in attendance...
RURAL ALASKA

Iditarod champ Baker stresses hard work for village youths

"I won't pretend that living in rural Alaska isn't difficult at times," Iditarod champion John Baker told delegates to the First Alaskans Elders and Youth Conference in Anchorage today. "It just means that we have to work a lot harder."