Joaqlin Estus

Several tribes and Alaska Natives are applauding the Biden administration’s plans to revive a ban on road-building in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. The “roadless rule” had been in place for 20 years until last fall, when federal…

‘…my bloodline is Indigenous to this land; its DNA is my DNA’ A coalition of tribal, conservation and business organizations has filed suit challenging a decision to open the nation’s largest national forest, the Tongass in southeast Alaska, to…

‘We’re doing the best that we can to help everybody’ Heavy rain and comparatively warm weather in Alaska has two people missing, and scores of people displaced from their damaged or destroyed homes while others are working to open essential roads and…

‘He had this vision of what needed to be accomplished for the renaissance of Tlingit culture' Kingeisti David G. Katzeek, Tlingit, died suddenly last week, leaving a gaping hole in the ceremonial, educational and community life of his people. He was…

‘We refuse to endow legitimacy upon a process that has disregarded our input at every turn’ Five tribal nations of southeast Alaska are objecting to a federal agency decision that leaves the U.S. Forest Service poised to open 9 million acres in the…

‘The Tongass is the traditional homelands of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people, a lineage that stretches so deep in time, we call it immemorial’ The U.S. Forest Service has released a report laying the groundwork to open more than 9 million…

'Most people ... don't understand how we share our food with everybody' Joaqlin Estus Indian Country Today In August, the state of Alaska sued to stop federal agencies from allowing emergency hunts. The U.S. District Court for Alaska last week sided…