According to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Alaska Native languages were the second-most common language for Alaskans 65 and older and for youth ages 5-17.

Marlene Johnson, one of the state's most influential Native leaders, was one of the champions of the Alaska Native Claims ...

Julie Kitka, the longtime president of the state’s most prominent Alaska Native organization, is stepping down after 33 years. In an interview, Kitka said she wants to make room for new leadership and ...

In the early spring of 1942, when the Army Corps of Engineers arrived to begin building the Alaska Highway, Alaska's population was approximately 73,000. About half of those residents were Native ...

WASHINGTON — An Alaska land-grant program allotting free wilderness tracts in the far reaches of the state to qualifying Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans and their heirs passed the Senate on Tuesday ...

Colorectal cancer rates among Alaska Native are among the highest globally as access and screening lag behind.