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FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – Evon Peter pushed his way through hostility and overt racism in Alaska public schools to succeed in academia. He now directs one of the Fairbanks institutions best equipped to expand opportunities in education. Since 2014, Peter has been vice chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ College of Rural and Community Development. The college encompasses five rural Alaska campuses as well as the university’s Native Studies program. He was scheduled Oct. 20 to moderate an education panel during the Alaska Feder...
In the early-2000s, the Alaska National Guard (ANG) relied upon a rural presence. Guardsmen of that rural force were deployed to Iraq in 2005 and 2006, which was the first time ANG members were deployed to a combat zone since WWII, according to Guardsman Matthew Duddles. The ANG rural presence sharply declined after the deployments ended, and the decline continues to this day with the 761st Military Police Battalion of the Guard in Southeast scheduled to be deactivated by the end of 2017....
Wrangell Native elder Christine Jenkins, along with Wrangell High School students Darian Meissner and Kayla Rooney made the trip north to the 2012 First Alaskan’s Institute Elders and Youth Conference in Anchorage last week. Meissner, who is a sophomore at WHS and a member of the Eagle moeity, said the experience was unforgettable – especially because of a pair of Native Eskimo speakers. “It was a great experience because I love being with all the Elders,” Meissner said. “My favorite part was...
The Washington-based Yakama Nation Tribal Council unanimously voted last week to support the passage of Sealaska’s land legislation, the Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act (S. 730 and H.R. 1408). The Nation sent a letter of support to members of the Washington state congressional delegation. Yakama’s chairman, Harry Smiskin, stated in the Dec. 6 letter to Congress, “As Native peoples, we have sacred and spiritual ties to our ancestral homelands and n...
A former Wrangell resident and Tlingit elder received an award last week from Governor Sean Parnell for her work in advocating for Alaska Native women and children. Gov. Parnell awarded the 2011 Shirley Demientieff Award to Ethel Lund at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage on Friday, Oct. 21. The governor of Alaska gives the award each year at AFN. Lund, who grew up in Wrangell, is one of the founders of the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium and has served as its...