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Alaskans on the forefront of diversity initiatives in education have been analyzing the impacts to the recent ruling that Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s admission policies are unconstitutional.
By Amy Howard On a snowy afternoon, May 2, 2023, graduating students of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Kuskokwim Campus (KuC) gathered to be recognized and receive their diplomas. After Maurice Nanalook drummed in the dignitaries and faculty, pianist Emily Emery played Pomp and Circumstance as the graduates filed into the Cultural Center filled with
For many Alaska Natives, the news that two major tribal groups have pulled out of the Alaska Federation of Natives came as a shock. A look some of the possible political undercurrents behind the decision of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska and the Tanana Chiefs Conference to leave AFN.
Marjorie Kunaq Tahbone is Inupiaq and Kiowa. She is an artist, teacher, traditional tattooist, hide tanner and business owner.
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - University of Alaska Southeast Social Science faculty Forest Haven was awarded her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California Irvine on Dec. 2, 2022. Her dissertation committee chair was Dr. Kris Peterson, a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine.