WASHINGTON — Alaska Native groups on Thursday celebrated the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act. The Indian Child Welfare Act gives preference to relatives and tribal ...

Tlingit tribal members march down Front Street in downtown Juneau on June 8, 2024, during Celebration 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled that the ...

Earlier this week, U.S. Treasurer Chief Lynn Malerba visited Alaska to meet with Alaska Native tribal leaders in her first official visit to an Alaska Native Tribe. Chief Malerba’s visit celebrated ...

Tlingit natives gather for a dance at Marine Park in Juneau, Alaska, in 2008. (Gillfoto from Wikipedia via Courthouse News). (CN) — A federal judge, on Wednesday, ruled against the Tlingit & Haida ...

Charlie Jones, Chief Shakes VII, wearing the Kéet Kudàs, or Killer Whale shirt, from the Naanya.aayí clan of Wrangell, Alaska, in 1940. (Image courtesy of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (Áakʼw Ḵwáan Territory)— A broad coalition of Alaska Native Tribes, commercial fishers, small tourism businesses, conservation groups and other forest advocates are seeking to defend ...

The Indian Health Service has released its year-in-review, touting its accomplishments for 2025, a year marked by swift ...

The U.S. House voted 217-214 on Tuesday to pass a package of five fiscal year 2026 spending bills, legislation President ...

This article is part of the Health Affairs Forefront short series “Private Sector Solutions for Health Equity.” The series explores health equity challenges in areas such as cardiovascular health, ...

In 2024, the most recent year for which data for the population is available, Native American and Alaska Native people had the highest pregnancy-related mortality ration among major demographic groups ...

Some Medicare assistance program eligibility requirements and premium costs depend on your income and resources. Special rules apply to American Indian and Alaska Native people’s income. Other rules ...

A federal judge in Anchorage has ruled that the U.S. Department of the Interior may take land into trust on behalf of Alaska Native tribes, a decision that could allow tribes to create “Indian country ...