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Chief Shakes Tribal House dedication celebration ongoing in Wrangell

The Chief Shakes Tribal House rededication ceremony began in...was undertaken to restore the previous Tribal House, constructed in 1940 by the Civilian...new bear screen out of cedar for the Tribal House, one of only a handful of such...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-05-03/chief-shakes-tribal-house-dedication-cele
Art
Central Council delegates elect Tribal Court judges

...and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Tribal Assembly at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall Friday, with delegates electing two Tribal Court associate judges.Judge Aurora...absolute honor to be part of this growing Tribal Court," said Lehr, campaigning...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-20/central-council-delegates-elect-tribal-
State
Minor flooding reported in Fort Yukon

...frontage road was impassable and water was up to the steps of the tribal hall.The ice had jammed about 15 miles upriver from Fort Yukon...school and store when the Yukon River flooded Sunday, Circle Tribal Council First Chief Jessica Boyle told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-21/minor-flooding-reported-fort-yukon
State
350 students receive Sealaska scholarships totaling $405,621

...that it has awarded $405,621 in scholarships to 350 Sealaska tribal member shareholders and descendants of shareholders.The merit-based...support Alaskan educational institutions while helping Sealaska tribal member shareholders further their education."Of the total...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-09/350-students-receive-sealaska-scholarsh
State
Health reforms penalize some Native Americans

...penalized," said DeRouen, a former tribal administrator for the Dry Creek Rancheria...under the definition in the act.Other tribal governments have complicated blood-quantum...if they cannot document their federal tribal status.One of those is the clinic in...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-16/health-reforms-penalize-some-native-ame
State
New secretary lays out agenda for Native Americans

...said.Many of the other issues discussed in the hearing had been ongoing issues such as energy production on tribal lands, protecting tribal homelands, law enforcement on reservations and child welfare.Also in the hearing, Jewell discussed the...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-16/new-secretary-lays-out-agenda-native-am
State
Alaska Editorial: Lofty Language: President's Arctic policy sets an expansive tone

...which references working with the state of Alaska and another that speaks of consulting with Alaska Natives, "recognizing tribal governments' unique legal relationship with the United States and providing for meaningful and timely opportunity to inform...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-20/alaska-editorial-lofty-language-presi
Opinion
Afghans tell of US soldier's killing rampage

...as she was momentarily unable to speak. Her husband was dead.Masooma, who like many Afghans uses only one name, defied tribal traditions that prohibit women from speaking to strangers to talk to The Associated Press while - half a world away - the military...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-05-17/afghans-tell-us-soldiers-killing-ramp
Not For Web
Arctic states open council to China, India, SKorea

...where snow had melted to slush.U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, sporting a blue suit coat amid the ski sweaters and tribal costumes at the meeting, said the world must crack down on polluting emissions that endanger the Arctic. He said the U.S...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-16/arctic-states-open-council-china-india-
State
Canoes leave Douglas for Wrangell

...for the rededication of the Chief Shakes Tribal House, a historic clan house that has...reach Wrangell by next Thursday for the tribal house's rededication ceremony, which...Chugach Ranger.Lillian Petershoare, a tribal relations specialist with the Forest Service...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-24/canoes-leave-douglas-wrangell
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