CHICAGO, Illinois, June 16 (TNStalk) -- The American Medical Association issued the following statement on June 15, 2023, by President Jesse M. Ehrenfeld: * * * "Today's decision in Haaland v. Brackeen is a victory for Native Nations, children, and their families. The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) is an important tool in redressing centuries of harmful federal and state policies that sought to destroy American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) families by systemically separating children from  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, June 16 (TNSgov) -- The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association posted the following news release from June 7, 2023: The American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA), the only national organization dedicated to advancing cultural tourism in Native Nations and communities across the United States, as a collaborative partner with the U.S. Forest Service, is issuing the FY 2023 NATIVE Act Request for Proposals. The U.S. Forest Service and AIANTA ar  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSgov) -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility issued the following news release: Alaska's largest lethal removal of predators in its history represents both a biological black eye and a blatant misuse of federal conservation funding, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). PEER is urging the Secretary of Interior to adopt a rule prohibiting use of federal money to states engaged in excessive predator control. In a three-week pe  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, June 14 -- Sealaska Heritage Institute issued the following news release: Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has digitized and posted on YouTube the video of Celebration 2016, bringing an end to a three-year project to post all 40 years of the event online. Celebration is a dance-and-culture festival first held by SHI in 1982 that has grown into the world's largest gathering of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people. The 2016 event featured nearly 50 dance groups. That year, S  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, June 15 (TNSawa) -- Sealaska Heritage Institute issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) awarded 10 educators from Alaska and Washington for their distinguished service today at its 2023 Culturally Responsive Education Conference. Seven educators were given SHI's Distinguished Educator Award, which recognizes educators who intentionally weave cultural knowledge throughout their lessons and classroom and use approaches that reflect Na  more

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 13 (TNSjou) -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release: * * * * First documented observation of a wolverine eating fish * Results described in journal Ecology * MEDIA NOTE: To view the footage, go to the Ecology paper and see videos S5-7 under "Supporting Information." * * * The Wildlife Conservation Society released footage of a wolverine (Gulo gulo) foraging for fish frozen in a perennial spring along a river in the Alaskan Arctic. It i  more