The Mysterious Story of Moncacht-Apé, the Yazoo Explorer Who Walked Across America

After a devastating personal loss, I spent a year tracking the clues of a 300-year-old mystery to show how a nearly forgotten ...

See America's Most Spoken Languages By State (After English and Spanish)

English and Spanish dominate when it comes to languages spoken by those living in the United States. A majority of Americans ...
Live Science

World's first 'native' color lidar will let robots and self-driving cars map the world in full color 3D

Ouster has launched the Rev8 set of lidar sensors that function as both a camera and a 3D mapping sensor at the same time. Its engineers say these are the first devices of their kind in the world. A ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Legislature looks at forming an Alaska Native Language Task Force

A bill introduced to the state legislature on Friday seeks to establish an Alaska Native Languages Academic Task Force, to examine how the state is working to preserve languages and how to better fund ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Changes to UAF’s Alaska Native Language Center prompt debate and uncertainty over its future

FAIRBANKS — Disagreements about the future of the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have spilled into public view as UAF leaders and current and former faculty trade ...
Alaska Public Media

At hearing, linguists tell lawmakers that the Alaska Native Language Center’s mission is at risk

Linguists across the state say Alaska’s primary research institute for Alaska Native languages is being starved of funding, and that its mission is at risk. But administrators at the University of ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

UAF is committed to the Alaska Native Language Center

Over the last several days, I have listened to the concern, passion and support for the Alaska Native Language Center. I share that passion and support for ANLC, as does the leadership of UAF. I thank ...
Vogue

Inside the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, an Alaska Native Tradition With Cultural Flair

For more than a decade now, Hän Gwich’in musher Jody Potts-Joseph—the mother of model Quannah Chasinghorse—has been involved with Alaska’s traditional sled dog races, but her memories of the sport ...
Homeland Security Today

Native American and Alaska Native Federal Contracting Preferences: What the Law Provides and What’s Changing

Senate Committee on Indian Affairs oversight hearing entitled "Economic Self-Determination in Action: Examining the Small Business Administration Native 8(a) Program," on Feb. 10, 2026 (Source: ...
Travel Weekly

Old Harbor Alaska Native Corporation launches tourism company

The community of Old Harbor in Alaska. Photo Credit: Old Harbor Native Corporation Old Harbor Native Corporation, an Alaska-based Native village corporation, has launched Alaska Nuna Adventures, a ...
Alaska Public Media

Indigenous language educators work to establish Master's teaching program at University of Alaska Southeast

Language educators in Juneau are working to create a Master’s in teaching program for Indigenous languages at the University of Alaska Southeast. It would be the first of its kind in Alaska. Lingít ...