Angoon legislator, community leader Albert Kookesh dies at 72 kcaw.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kcaw.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
May 29—JUNEAU — A former co-chair of the Alaska Federation of Natives, former board president of the Sealaska Corp. and a retired Democratic state legislator died Friday at his home in the Southeast Alaska town of Angoon. Albert Kookesh was 72. In remembrances posted online and shared on social media, he was praised for his work with Southeast Alaska's regional Native corporation, his efforts .
False narrative dangerously misleading
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May 14, 2021
Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic is neither sovereign or transparent
Indian Country Today recently published an opinion piece submitted on April 28, 2021 by Siqiñiq Maupin, Misrepresentation of Indigenous peoples of Alaska needs to stop. The misrepresentation of the North Slope and its leadership by Siqiñiq Maupin and Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic (SILA) needs to stop.
The Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat (The VOICE) is a non-profit coalition of elected community leaders representing the tribal, municipal, Native corporation, education and health organizations in our North Slope region. The people of the North Slope are empowered to choose the leadership they want to represent them within the various service delivery organizations that are members of The VOICE. The leadership composition of The VOICE has a defined and measurable constituency, unlike the foggy, ambiguous (mis)representation put forward
Former governor to be new Anchorage university chancellor
Updated: Indigenous educator passed up for key university role
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Updated: Indigenous educator passed up for key university role
Joaqlin Estus
The next leader of University of Alaska Anchorage has a controversial history with tribes.
The University of Alaska Anchorage announced former Gov. Sean Parnell as the new chancellor of the campus. Wednesday’s announcement means the university passed over the lone Indigenous candidate in Pearl Kiyawn Nageak Brower, one of eight finalists. Brower is the former president of the tribal college Ilisagvik in Utqiagvik.
“Sean brings passion for our mission, a deep commitment to Alaska and a desire for all Alaskans to have access to higher education,” university President Pat Pitney said in a statement.
Some of the new inductees into the National Native American Hall of Fame this year include entrepreneur Dave Anderson (Chippewa), former U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Northern Cheyenne) and Emil Notti (Athabascan) the first president of the Alaska Federation of Natives.
The award is an opportunity to educate the general public about notable Native Americans and their contributions.
The National Native American Hall of Fame is honoring its third wave of inductees at a ceremony on November 6, 2021. #NativeHallOfFamehttps://t.co/3Oqn3gTRPs indianz.com (@indianz) May 7, 2021
Native America Calling will talk with the Hall of Fame founders about the importance of the award and what it takes to to make the list.