Joaqlin Estus

Joaqlin Estus ICT ANCHORAGE — “The foundation of the Alaska Federation of Natives is our people,” said the statewide organization’s President and CEO Julie Kitka, Chugach Eskimo, after a quarterly meeting of the organization’s board held on May 15.…

Joaqlin Estus ICT The National Congress of American Indians budget task force says a fundamental change is needed in the way federal funding is allocated to tribes. So NCAI is developing principles for Congress to consider when funding tribes. Tribal…

ICT ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The issue already went to the Supreme Court but supporters of two sides of the debate argued again last week over the definition of tribes vs. Alaska Native corporations. At the mid-year conference of the National Congress of…

Joaqlin Estus ICT ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The National Congress of American Indians is missing its key leader as it kicks off its annual midyear conference in Anchorage, Alaska. With some 200 tribes among its membership, NCAI is the nation’s largest…