What earrings mean at Celebration, to buyers and sellers

Last week, more than 60 artists showed up in Juneau to sell their jewelry at Celebration, a days-long event that uplifts the survival and persistence of Lingít, Haida and Ts’msyen cultures. Some...

Federal officials say drastic proposed changes to a contracting program won’t affect tribes and...

Alaska Native corporations rely on contracts awarded through the 8(a) program – especially from the Department of Defense – for a significant portion of their revenue.

Forest Service holds subsistence hearing for proposed Prince of Wales logging project

Barge-dependent communities in Western Alaska face a 'grim narrative' as first fuel of the season...

KYUK's Evan Erickson spoke with Northern Journal reporter Nat Herz, who traveled to Hooper Bay as part of a broader look at what leaders describe as an unfolding crisis that threatens barge-dependent...

Over 100 years and 100 miles later, Petersburg’s first canoe completes its Journey to Celebration

Over 100 years and miles later, the first traditional canoe from Petersburg completed its maiden voyage. After launching late last month, the pullers on kéet yaakw arrived in Juneau on June 2 just...

Graphite One pledges local benefits as residents warn of subsistence risks

The Kigluaik Mountains are home to wildlife and is a hotspot for subsistence users. But buried within it is also graphite, a key ingredient for batteries.

FEMA approves tribal disaster declaration for Kipnuk

The tribe originally applied for the declaration in January, several months after an October 2025 storm destroyed an estimated 90% of homes and led to the mass evacuation of nearly all of the...

Lingít comic book brings student characters to life during Celebration

“Naakéedáx̱ Haa X̱oonx’í Yán”, which means “All of our friends from the North” in Lingít, is a comic book created by students, teachers, elders and an alumnus of the Tlingit Culture, Language and...

Juneau’s first tribal casino soft opens on Douglas Island amid lingering legal questions

Very few tribes in Alaska have authority over land, so they haven’t had a way to open reservation-style casinos like tribes in the Lower 48. Many, like Tlingit and Haida, have sought to assert...

Federal regulators cut cow harvest amid decline of Western Arctic caribou herd

Regulators also decided to close the harvest for non-local hunters.

New young adult novel retells century-old 'Jungle Book' story from perspective of Unangax̂ protag...

The Alaska Native Language Center published a novel on June 1 that adapts a story from Rudyard Kipling's famous "The Jungle Book." The story is the only one from Kipling's collection that takes place...

$25M gift to bolster rural- and Indigenous-focused medical training in Alaska

The WWAMI medical school program that serves five western states, including Alaska, recently received a $25 million endowment for scholarships to increase the number of physicians in rural and...

Work underway in Kenai on tribal elder housing project

The project is backed by $16.7 million in federal grants and local matching funds.

Alaska's deteriorating schools could receive more than $148M for repairs. It's a fraction of what...

Following reporting by KYUK, ProPublica, and NPR, lawmakers tripled the funding the state would allocate toward school construction and maintenance. The budget increase would still only cover about...

Canoes launch from Petersburg on Journey to Celebration

The local tribe says the launch itself was also a historic first for the community.

Alaska Native leaders remember Inuit rights advocate Jimmy Stotts

Stotts spent decades promoting food sovereignty and creating a unifying voice for people across the Arctic.

Spring whaling in Utqiagvik is off to a late start because of unusual ice conditions

Utqiagvik whalers didn’t land their first whale of the season until last weekend.

Troopers identify man shot and killed by police in Utqiagvik

Two officers with the North Slope Borough Police Department were responding to a domestic violence call on Saturday, Alaska State Troopers said.

‘This is how we heal:’ Hoonah honors its veterans with two new memorials

Alaska consistently has the highest percentage of veterans in the country, and Hoonah has one of the highest shares of any town.

Western Alaska prepares to lock in what may be unaffordably high fuel prices for the year

Alaska has seen skyrocketing gas prices driven by the war in Iran. But communities in the western part of the state that have been burning last year's fuel are bracing for their own crisis as they...