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President Donald Trump’s administration and its allies have pushed aggressively for drilling, mining and logging in Alaska ...
When Alaska Natives debate proposals to drill and mine the landscape of the nation’s largest state, it involves more than an ...
Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson, president of Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, speaks at the 90th annual Tribal Assembly in Juneau on Wednesday, April 18, 2025.
Tough to learn There are believed to be fewer than 200 people around the world who now speak Tlingit. It is considered to be a highly complex language that's not easily picked up. Still, many of ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Army veteran Richard Bean Sr. died without anyone knowing that he and four other long-deceased Alaska Natives had used their Tlingit language to outsmart the Japanese during ...
Lyndsey Brollini and Meghan Sullivan High Country News Alaska Native youth are living through a pivotal time, bearing witness to the dramatic impacts of climate change that have occurred during ...
Early last month Tlingit artist Archie Cavanaugh had a bit of shock when a U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer came to his door, telling him he could be charged with a felony because he tried to sell ...
Founded in 1935, the Tlingit Haida Central Council is a federally recognized regional tribe in Southeast Alaska. Folks who are aware of the object’s existence are excited about it, Thomas said.