Joaqlin Estus

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — About 80 people turned out to celebrate Emil Notti’s 90th birthday March 10 at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. Invitees showered the Koyukon Athabascan man with praise for his life of service to the people of Alaska and…

By Joaqlin Estus ICT The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that Alaska Native corporations are tribes but not federally recognized sovereign tribes. Since then, both tribal and business leaders have tried to sort out what the ruling means for…

Joaqlin Estus ICT In what's been called the largest peaceful redistribution of wealth in the history of mankind, title to 44 million acres and almost a billion dollars was conveyed to Native for-profit corporations following the Alaska Native Claims…

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 Indian Country Today “Since right now we're really celebrating and looking at the 50th anniversary of ANCSA. I have to say that William Paul (Sr, Tlingit) should be regarded as the father of Native land claims,” said Sealaska Heritage…

The annual Alaska Federation of Natives convention kicked off Monday with a jam-packed agenda. Speakers will give talks and report on major issues affecting Alaska Natives — from tribal governance to health, voting rights, and military strategy in…

The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 was a hard-won success. Others who lobbied for the bill say it was a compromise that at least put an end to grueling negotiations. The law transferred nearly $1 billion and title to 44 million acres to…