Joaqlin Estus

Indian Country Today The Alaska Supreme Court Monday ruled against political gerrymandering on the grounds it violates the equal protection clause of the Alaska State Constitution. The ruling sends a legislative map back to the Alaska redistricting…

Carina Dominguez, Joaqlin Estus, Chris Aadland, and Mark Trahant Indian Country Today Heading into an election year another census shows an increasingly diverse population and many experts are following redistricting closely, saying diversity is not…

Bills that would revamp elections and voting rights laws are before Congress. However, wIth a potential government shutdown looming, and the debt ceiling needing to be raised, it’s unclear whether Congress will act on them before it recesses on Dec.…

Critics say the pairing of some legislative districts in Anchorage will diminish the clout of a racially diverse neighborhood while adding a state Senate seat for a predominantly White, heavily Republican area. The decision “opens the board up to an…

Joaqlin Estus Indian Country Today The 2020 Census has a few surprises. The United States overall is more diverse than earlier censuses had shown, with Whites at 57.8 percent, and other races and ethnicities at 42.2 percent. And there are…

Joaqlin Estus Indian Country Today The results of the 2020 U.S. Census have been released and there are some losers, winners and a few near misses. The count is used to determine each state’s representation in the U.S. House and the Electoral…

Holding patterns: Alaska’s weather is why the 2020 Census makes Alaska ‘hard to count’ The first count of the US Census Bureau in Toksook Bay, Alaska, did not go off as planned Tuesday. Reuters reports the two charter flights carrying the director of…

'We get moose. We have muskox. From the sea, we get seals, walrus, whales and different types of fish, winter fish' The community of Toksook Bay has been preparing for visitors for weeks. Today is the launch of the 2020 US Census and some fifty…

Natalie Landreth: 'I want to tell every American Indian and Alaska Native to be counted as an act of rebellion because this census is designed not to count you' It's the dead of winter in Alaska as the US Census Bureau kicks off the 2020 census in…

Alaska Natives wonder: ‘When does the consultation part of this begin? About a dozen Census Bureau officials got an earful at a tribal consultation session held in Fairbanks, Alaska, October 16. The consultation was held at a tribal leaders…