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Alaska Native tribes fighting to overturn laws criminalizing their traditional way of life

In a place where mountains are the only skyscrapers and the road to get home can’t be found on GPS, you’ll find the tribal ways that have survived for thousands of years. “We don't have to go to the ...
Alaska Public Media

Federal officials say proposed drastic changes to a contracting program won't affect tribes and Native corporations

Alaska Native corporations rely on contracts awarded through the 8(a) program – especially from the Department of Defense – ...
IJR

Alaska Tribes and Conservationists Sue to Block Road Through National Wildlife Refuge

A coalition of Alaska Native tribes and environmental groups has filed multiple lawsuits against the federal government, seeking to overturn a land swap that would allow construction of a road through ...
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Republicans left tribes out of their $50B rural fund. Now it’s up to states to share.

The Trump administration is touting its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program as the largest-ever U.S. investment in rural health care. But the government made minimal mention of Native ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska Native leaders say the USDA's reorganization plan could threaten tribal food security

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced in July a plan to reorganize the Department of Agriculture, citing the need to decrease spending and bureaucracy. That plan is not final, but the ...
Alaska Business Magazine

Reporting from the Reservation Economic Summit

For Alaska Native leaders and business owners, the Reservation Economic Summit has become one of the most important national ...
Homeland Security Today

Native American and Alaska Native Federal Contracting Preferences: What the Law Provides and What’s Changing

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs oversight hearing entitled "Economic Self-Determination in Action: Examining the Small Business Administration Native 8(a) Program," on Feb. 10, 2026 (Source: ...
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Republicans left tribes out of their $50B rural fund. Now it’s up to states to share.

This story was originally published by KFF Health News. The Trump administration is touting its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program as the largest-ever U.S. investment in rural health care ...