Joaqlin Estus

ANCHORAGE — As new policies and directions for a changing Arctic are being decided, Indigenous leaders at an Anchorage event have said, “nothing about us without us.” Without them taking part in decision making, they fear the result will be costly…

Indian Country Today Arctic Indigenous peoples – including Inuit, Inupiaq, Athabascan, Yup’ik, Chukchi and Sami – are resilient but will be increasingly challenged by climate change. That’s according to the United Nations Environmental Program. A…

Joaqlin Estus Indian Country Today Even members of Congress, and the state’s highest elected official get only 15 minutes to speak at the Alaska Federation of Natives’ annual convention. So it’s significant that high-level military leaders got 45…

President Joe Biden put a hold on oil and gas drilling in the Arctic just hours after being inaugurated. He signed an executive order Wednesday placing a temporary moratorium on all federal activities related to oil and gas leases in the Arctic…

'This fight is not over' After a long fight to open an Arctic refuge to oil and gas development, oil companies showed little interest this week at a lease sale. The Bureau of Land Management received 13 bids on 12 leases in the Arctic National…

‘No one has more at stake in ensuring responsible development in ANWR than we do’ The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act granted a decades-long wish of Alaska’s congressional delegation by giving the go-ahead to drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic…

New short film celebrates 1920s Inupiaq castaway and her ‘unfettered strength in the face of impossible odds’ "Out of the five in the expedition, only one remained alive." A new short film tells the dramatic story of Ada Delutuk Blackjack, an Inupiaq…

Updated: 'This road could change life in our region more than any other single decision in history’ Several tribes have filed suit in federal district court in Alaska over a proposed road they say would adversely impact their way of life,…

‘I personally wasn't expecting to find them’ Update: Boys expected to make a full recovery, family is reuniting after hospital stays Too often stories of someone gone missing in a fierce Alaska winter storm have a grim ending. So the news that four…

'People are dying because we haven't been able to adapt' The trend is clear. Temperatures are rising. Plant and animal populations are dropping. Scientists in Alaska explain the need for more data that will allow them to make predictions about coming…