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Out of the ashes: Ecologist hopes remnants of Swan Lake fire create prime habitat for burn morels

5/27/2020

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Morel mushrooms poke through ground in the Skilak Lake area in this photo taken in late May 2016. (Photo courtesy Kate Mohatt)
Almost a year ago on June 5, 2019, a lightning strike ignited the Swan Lake fire on the Kenai Peninsula. The fire burned more than 167,000 acres. The remnants of that fire likely created prime habitat for morel mushrooms. And one ecologist hopes to crowdsource where hunters are finding them to understand more about the fungi. But how do you get people who are inherently secretive about where they find morels --  to tell you where they find their morels? ... (Read more at knba.org)
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Inspector General begins investigation into alleged ethics violations, Tribal data release

5/14/2020

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Tara Sweeney
Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney speaks to the Alaska Federation of Natives delegation during its annual convention in October 2018 in downtown Anchorage. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KNBA)
The U.S. Inspector General sent a letter to a New Mexico senator confirming an investigation into whether the Departments of Interior and Treasury violated ethics rules and regulations. U.S. Senator Tom Udall, a Democrat, shared the letter in an announcement Monday, May 11, welcoming the investigation. Udall serves as vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. ... (Read more at knba.org)
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Injunction holds up $8B CARES Act Tribal allocation for Alaska Native corporations

5/6/2020

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Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Tara Sweeney speaks October 18, 2018, at the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Sweeney is the subject of a call for investigation into whether she violated ethics policies in advocating for Alaska Native corporations over $8 billion Tribal allocation of the CARES Act. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KNBA)
The U.S. Treasury and Interior departments announced Tuesday (May 5, 2020) they would begin disbursing part of an $8 billion Tribal allocation for coronavirus relief funds. The CARES Act funding is to help Tribes with relief efforts in the fight against coronavirus. Only about 60 percent -- or $4.8 billion -- will initially be distributed based on Tribal population. The population count is based on the Indian Housing Block Grant Formula used by Housing and Urban Development. The initial disbursement would happen over several days.  ... (Read more at knba.org)
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Federal judge temporarily halts Tribal coronavirus funding to Alaska Native corporations

4/28/2020

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A federal judge has ruled in favor of a temporary injunction to block Alaska Native regional and village corporations from receiving a portion of $8 billion in Tribal allocation of CARES Act funding for coronavirus relief. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse)
A federal judge has blocked  Native regional and village corporations in Alaska from receiving part of $8 billion  (dollars) in Tribal allocation in the CARES Act. The judge issued the Monday, April 27, temporary injunction against Alaska Native corporations in a lawsuit over coronavirus relief funding. ... (Read more at knba.org)
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Three Alaska Tribes have joined federal lawsuit against the Treasury over $8B in Tribal funding

4/17/2020

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Akiak, Alaska
Akiak Native Community and two other Alaska Native Tribes joined in a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Treasury over $8 billion in Tribal coronavirus relief funds in the CARES Act. The lawsuit objects to the eligibility of Alaska Native corporations for the Tribally allocated funding. (Photo by Greg Kim/KYUK)
Akiak Native Community joined five other Tribal governments and filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over funding in the CARES Act. The federal lawsuit seeks to prevent Alaska Native corporations from taking part in the $8 billion coronavirus relief fund – specifically allocated for Tribes. (Read more at knba.org)
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Alaska Native language groups convene to translate census materials

12/18/2019

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Hishinlai' Peter, left, Amaya Shaw and Mary Fields work on translating census education materials
Hishinlai' Peter, left, Amaya Shaw and Mary Fields work on translating census education materials into Gwich'in on Thursday, December 12, 2019, at the Alaska Native Heritage Center. The Gwich'in was one of four panels featuring Alaska Native language speakers working to translate census materials ahead of the 2020 U.S. Census.
Speakers and language learners came from around the U.S. to a weeklong workshop in Anchorage with the goal of translating census materials. At the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage, a group of about 25 people represented the Gwich'in, Inupiat, Yup'ik, and Koyukon cultures from Alaska. They gathered to translate materials for the 2020 Census. (Read more at knba.org)
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Attorneys in 2017 federal murder case seek extension on pre-trial deadline

6/17/2019

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The Emerald Princess is moored Wednesday, July 27, 2017, at the S. Franklin Street Dock in Juneau. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO)
A 2017 federal murder case could reach a plea agreement ahead of its September trial date.

On Monday, June 17, a federal judge approved an unopposed motion by the U.S. Attorney to extend a pre-trial deadline to August 12.

In August 2017, Kenneth Manzanares was charged with federal first-degree murder in the death of his wife aboard the Emerald Princess. The cruise ship was in the U.S. territorial waters of Southeast Alaska at the time of her death, thus the case is under federal jurisdiction. (Read more at knba.org)
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Sealaska Heritage reveals hidden details on century-old Tlingit box drum with infrared scans

8/19/2018

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Sealaska Heritage Institute heritage director Chuck Smythe watches Monday, Aug. 14, 2018, as collections manager Heather McClain and summer archives intern Miranda Worl set the bentwood box down to return to the collections. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO)
A Southeast Alaska cultural center will study a Tlingit bentwood drum that’s more than 100 years old. By scanning the box drum in infrared, century-old details are returning to the surface.

The bentwood box drum is downstairs at Sealaska Heritage Institute in the cultural center’s collections room. (Read more at ktoo.org.)
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Alaska’s Last Straw happy to see cruise lines join effort to reduce plastic waste

7/22/2018

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The Norwegian Bliss prepares to disembark on June 5, 2018, from Juneau. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)
Norwegian Cruise Line banned plastic straws aboard its ships, but offers alternatives for people requesting a straw. Another cruise line, Carnival says staff members only supply straws upon request for soda or cocktails.

Alaska’s Last Straw wants to eliminate single-use plastics. Organization president Stacy Katasse said cruise lines trying to reduce plastic straw waste is good news. ​(Read more at ktoo.org.)

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Caught in immigration mess, U.S.-born Tsimshian teacher fights to stay in ancestral territory

7/5/2018

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Mique’l Dangeli teaches students how to bake salmon fins. Dangeli moved to British Columbia to teach Tsimshian culture in her ancestors’ traditional territory, but faces an immigration fight to live and work in Canada. (Photo courtesy Mique’l Dangeli)
Mique’l Dangeli teaches students how to bake salmon fins. Dangeli moved to British Columbia to teach Tsimshian culture in her ancestors’ traditional territory, but faces an immigration fight to live and work in Canada. (Photo courtesy Mique’l Dangeli)
When the homelands of indigenous groups straddle the border between U.S. and Canada, traveling back-and-forth becomes an immigration issue. You might think the countries would have similar policies, but it isn’t that easy.

One U.S.-born Tsimshian teacher is caught in the mess, fighting to legally stay and work in her ancestral homeland in British Columbia.

​Mique’l Dangeli
 teaches the Tsimshian language — Sm’algya̱x — to children and adults, including at a school in Kitsumkalumm, British Columbia. (Read more at ktoo.org)
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    Tripp J Crouse (Ojibwe, descendent of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) has worked in print journalism and broadcasting for 15-plus years, and currently represents Alaska and serves as 2019 chair of the Station Advisory Committee for Native Public Media, a national organization that offers support services to Tribal and Native public radio stations. Tripp is also a member of the Native American Journalists Association and Alaska Press Club. Prior to working at 90.3 KNBA in Anchorage, Tripp worked at KTOO in Juneau and the Quad-City Times in Davenport, Iowa.

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