Federal officials changed the names of two natural features in Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Thursday, replacing arbitrary and ...

Its new name is Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, meaning either “gizzard creek” or “creek or river belonging to gizzard island” in Unangam ...

The Associated Press. AP Explains: Why sometimes elections are not held in Alaska's far-flung Native villages. Posted: October 28, 2024 | Last updated: October 29, 2024 ...

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Mark B. Sucato speaks during a Navy ceremony Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Angoon, Alaska, to apologize for the 1882 military bombing on a Tlingit village in Angoon.

The shuttered polling station represents just the latest example of persistent voting challenges in Alaska’s remote Native villages, a collection of more than 200 far-flung communities that dot ...

KAKTOVIK, Alaska — This past summer, George Kaleak, a whaling captain in the tiny Alaska Native village of Kaktovik, pinned a flyer to the blue, ribbon-lined bulletin board in the community center.

The U.S. Navy issued an apology last month for destroying the nearby village of Kake in 1869, and the Army has indicated that it plans to apologize for shelling Wrangell, also in southeast Alaska ...

In Kaktovik, one of more than 200 remote Native villages dotting Alaska, registered voters had no place to cast ballots for the state’s Aug. 20 primary. (AP Graphic) ...

KAKTOVIK, Alaska — This past summer, George Kaleak, a whaling captain in the tiny Alaska Native village of Kaktovik, pinned a flyer to the blue, ribbon-lined bulletin board in the community center.