It was on this day in 1885 that President Benjamin Harris appointed Alaska's first General Agent of Education. The appointment went to Presbyterian minister and missionary Dr. Sheldon Jackson Jackson, ...

As a result, Metlakatla is the only Native community in Alaska that manages its own commercial fishing harvest. The right to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Department of Education said Native Hawaiian, American Indian and Alaska Native history will not be categorized as ...

November is Native American Heritage Month, and the Sealaska Heritage Institute is marking the occasion with a lecture series. From art and music to cultural preservation to political leadership, the ...

The Alaska Native Heritage Center entrance (photo by Jesse Darling, all images courtesy the Alaska Native Heritage Center, unless otherwise noted) America’s Cultural Treasures: This article is part of ...

A professor-turned-historian, a mother-and-son duo, a former Alaska Native games athlete and coach, and the handler of a locally famous therapy dog were among more than a dozen Indigenous authors at ...

Above the Arctic Circle, where the temperature plumets below zero and darkness abounds for months, the art of Indigenous beading sustains the resilience of the Alaskan Gwich’in Athabaskan culture.

The long-overlooked experiences of Alaska Natives during the Aleutian campaign of World War II are presented during a book talk and signing with Holly Miowak Guise on March 29 at The Museum of Flight.

Indigenous doulas are creating support networks for mothers who are at the highest risk of pregnancy-related death ...