B eing Alaska Native or native Alaskan are different things. When you visit Alaska it's important to take time to learn about the cultures and history of the people of Alaska. See where you can ...

Native Alaskan Yup’ik Eskimo and kayak. Credit: Fish and Wildlife Service/E.P. Haddon. Join us in celebrating National Native American Heritage Month, as we recognize Native Americans’ respect ...

primarily Alaskan Huskies, and their musher experience harsh terrain and weather conditions during the 1,150 mile run from Anchorage to Nome. In its modern iteration as an extreme sport, the Iditarod ...

Visitors can also take time to explore the Alaska State Museum while in this part of Juneau to learn about natural history and Alaska Native cultures ... the art of dog mushing and even book ...

That participation has eroded badly, a situation that should be reversed, said Michelle Sparck, director of an Alaska nonpartisan organization called Get Out The Native Vote. Alaska Natives are not ...

For some rural and predominantly Native Alaska communities, there hasn’t always been a guarantee that polling places will be open on Election Day. As the Associated Press noted in a recent story ...

A team of 20 Alaskan dog-sledding mail carriers, anchored by Norwegian-Kven-American musher Leonhard Seppala, made a 1,085km dash across the Alaskan interior. Departing from Nenana, the men and ...

KAKTOVIK, Alaska (AP) — The right to vote is considered sacrosanct in the U.S., but it isn’t always so in the tiny, remote Native villages across Alaska. In these far-flung locations — well ...

(Photo by Lisa Phu/Alaska Beacon) Twenty-three Alaska Native languages have been recognized alongside English as official Alaska state languages for a decade, but until this month there was no ...

president and CEO of the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage, told a convention hall filled with industry representatives Tuesday. “Alaska is not ‘The Last Frontier,’” she said.