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The Washington-based Yakama Nation Tribal Council unanimously voted last week to support the passage of Sealaska’s land legislation, the Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act (S. 730 and H.R. 1408). The Nation sent a letter of support to members of the Washington state congressional delegation. Yakama’s chairman, Harry Smiskin, stated in the Dec. 6 letter to Congress, “As Native peoples, we have sacred and spiritual ties to our ancestral homelands and n...
A former Wrangell resident and Tlingit elder received an award last week from Governor Sean Parnell for her work in advocating for Alaska Native women and children. Gov. Parnell awarded the 2011 Shirley Demientieff Award to Ethel Lund at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage on Friday, Oct. 21. The governor of Alaska gives the award each year at AFN. Lund, who grew up in Wrangell, is one of the founders of the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium and has served as its...
