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Nov 4, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Joaqlin Estus
Joaqlin EstusICTANCHORAGE —On Oct. 16, 2024, the day before the recent Alaska Federation of Natives convention, several dozen people attended a public workshop on Alaska Native subsistence, or traditional hunting, fishing and gathering, rights and uses, before a discussion the following day. At the convention, hundreds of delegates of tribes, regional and village for-profit corporations, and regional nonprofit organizations, voted to adopt two resolutions on the issue calling for change.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Joaqlin Estus
Joaqlin EstusICTANCHORAGE —On Oct. 16, 2024, the day before the recent Alaska Federation of Natives convention, several dozen people attended a public workshop on Alaska Native subsistence, or traditional hunting, fishing and gathering, rights and uses, before a discussion the following day. At the convention, hundreds of delegates of tribes, regional and village for-profit corporations, and regional nonprofit organizations, voted to adopt two resolutions on the issue calling for change.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
msn.com | Joaqlin Estus
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Joaqlin Estus
Joaqlin EstusICTRosita Ḵaaháni Worl’s life was profoundly changed when school officials kidnapped her at age six and placed her in a boarding school. Their goal was to “civilize” and assimilate Alaska Native children into white Christian society. “Not knowing why I was there, and crying at nighttime and wondering where my family was, and then seeing how people hated us—hated the way we looked, hated the way we talked—and being punished, always being punished. . . .
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Joaqlin Estus
Joaqlin EstusICTRosita Ḵaaháni Worl’s life was profoundly changed when school officials kidnapped her at age six and placed her in a boarding school. Their goal was to “civilize” and assimilate Alaska Native children into white Christian society. “Not knowing why I was there, and crying at nighttime and wondering where my family was, and then seeing how people hated us—hated the way we looked, hated the way we talked—and being punished, always being punished. . . .
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Joaqlin Estus |Sean Maguire
Sean MaguireAnchorage Daily NewsANGOON, AK — On a cold and cloudy Friday afternoon, Tlingit clan leaders stood ready to welcome guests to Angoon. For millennia, the Tlingit have lived on Admiralty Island, or Xootsnoowú, the fortress of the bears. Adorned in regalia, clan leaders performed a traditional Tlingit welcoming ceremony to their ancestral lands. “We welcome you with open arms,” said Daniel Johnson, Jr., a leader of the Deisheetaan clan. Facing the Tlingit was Rear Adm.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
alaskabeacon.com | Joaqlin Estus
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Federation of Natives President Julie Kitka, who is Chugach Eskimo, received a long, loving farewell at the AFN annual convention in Anchorage last week. She announced her departure last February after 33 years with the organization. In a keynote address Thursday, Kitka named more than two dozen people who were mentors and colleagues along the way. She credited the teamwork with them and her staff for a long list of achievements during her tenure.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
ictnews.org | Joaqlin Estus
Joaqlin EstusICTANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Federation of Natives President Julie Kitka, who is Chugach Eskimo, received a long, loving farewell at the AFN annual convention in Anchorage this week. She announced her departure last February after 33 years with the organization. In a keynote address Thursday, Kitka named more than two dozen people who were mentors and colleagues along the way. She credited the teamwork with them and her staff for a long list of achievements during her tenure.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
sitkasentinel.com | Joaqlin Estus
20 YEARS AGO
October 2004
Photo caption: Allen Marine tour boat crews get behind nearly 1,000 pounds of debris gathered from Sitka beaches this summer by Allen Marine workers and tourists. The company began offering tours to local beaches this summer aboard two new Allen Marine-build shallow-draft boats. Tourists gladly helped remove flotsam and jetsam from the beaches, tour captain Steve Ramp said. 50 YEARS AGO
October 1974
Cub Scout Bobcats were presented awards Monday.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
alaskapublic.org | Joaqlin Estus
The First Alaskans Institute’s Elders and Youth conference is being held in Anchorage through Wednesday, followed by the larger Alaska Federation of Natives convention Thursday through Saturday. The second and larger of the two gatherings, the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention, brings together delegates from tribes, village and regional for-profit corporations, and regional nonprofit entities. It’s a public event that draws from 4,000 to 6,000 people.
