The Tundra Drums - CAUYAT - "The Beat of the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta"

The following letter was addressed to Gov. Sean Parnell, Rep. Bryce Edgmon, KTUU and KTVA. My name is Robert Gusty Sr. and I live in Stony River, located on the Kuskokwim River. Stony River is on an island and is a small village that has no roads...

Several decades ago, two Natives got arrested for taking a goose out season on the North Slope by either the state or the federal government, I do not remember which. As the trial date approached more than 100 other Natives showed up and had a goose...

Twenty-five Yupik fishermen went on trial this week in Bethel, Alaska because they engaged in subsistence King Salmon fishing this past summer on the Kuskokwim River. The State of Alaska had closed the river to all King salmon fishing because of...

Alaska’s oil comeback has begun. It’s been just over a month since the Legislature passed Senate Bill 21, the More Alaska Production Act. We’re already seeing the positive effects of our new tax regime. Look at how the companies have...

To the people from near and far: Quyana Cekneq for having the second annual Eskimo Dance Potlatch in Emmonak We would like to especially thank the singer, Lambert Lukudak Sr., Peter Jones, Joel Hunt, Evan Charles, Lindsey Tucker, Mark Tucker II,...

I’ve been accused of growing up somewhat sheltered in terms of Alaska politics – I was raised in a little leftist bubble, you might say, that encompassed Bootlegger’s Cove, Chugach “Optional” Elementary School, and, that hotbed of young...

The chairmanship of the Arctic Council rotates between the eight Arctic nations. For the last six years the chairmanship has been successively held by Scandinavian countries: Norway, then Denmark, and then Sweden. On May 15, in Kiruna, Sweden,...

Due to overwhelming public opposition HB 77, which would have eliminated the rights of Alaska Native tribes and citizens to protect instream flows and subsistence uses failed to gather the votes needed to pass before the end of this year’s legislat...

Alaska Senate President Charlie Huggins and Alaska House Speaker Mike Chenault appointed us as co-chairs of the Alaska Arctic Policy Commission. It is an honor and a responsibility that we accept with humility. The Commission held its first meeting...

Flashing back through history, I would like to commemorate 100 years of courageous women in our lives. I would like to start by posing a question – Do we hold our women dear – Wives, daughters, mo...

Between Feb. 1 and March 7, 2013, the day President Obama signed the Violence Against Women’s Act into law, 44 battered women and children from 15 Yukon-Kuskoskim villages had been served by a Bethel women’s shelter. This excludes crisis calls,...

Alaska is known for its natural beauty, geographic vastness, and tremendous energy potential. Behind the beauty is a difficult reality that many of us, even in Alaska, fail to recognize. Our state has among the highest rates of domestic violence and...

Just as Alaska’s constitution is the foundation of our state, our public schools are the foundation of tomorrow’s economy and Alaskans’ success. Alaska’s constitutional convention delegates recognized this when they explicitly wrote into the...

To Whom It May Concern: I was recently charged and pled guilty in federal court in relation to a fraudulent letter that I wrote bearing the seal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. I am writing this letter to offer an apology for my actions. In...

Donations to the Toksook Bay traditional dancer fundraiser... Airlines: ERA Aviation, round trip transportation for two Ivory Band members; Grant Aviation, two round trip tickets and Yute Air, round trip ticket. Local Organizations: NTC, staff time;...

The Nome Nugget is Alaska’s oldest newspaper and for over a century the Nugget has opined on all things of interest to the people of the northwest. The paper was once a daily, then a tri-weekly, and now a weekly but it still remains an important...

Alaska doesn’t have to be a company town to be a resource state. But to be a successful resource state, we must get our resources to market and get a fair return for selling them. That’s why Alaska Democratic legislators put forward a proposal...

National School Choice Week was last week as part of a national campaign to inform the public about the educational choices available to students and families. NEA-Alaska supports the idea of choice in education, and students in Alaska are fortunate...

As Chairman of the Board, I have directed and approved Robert Beans, Ethics Committee Chair, to make the following announcement. In response to shareholder concerns, the ethics committee and Calista sought outside legal opinion as to whether an...

For the information of the shareholders in the region, I am posing this question for both the new officers of Calista and the President/CEO Andrew Guy because they owe it to the shareholders regarding the alleged loans made to messengers Mike...

Moving Up, Getting Healthier... The quality of life for Alaskans is getting better, though in an almost unnoticeable way. Last year we were 29 out of the 50 states in the union as the healthiest place to live. This year we moved up a notch to 28....

On Tuesday, Dec. 11, the Bethel City Council voted to pass a local tobacco tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. The passage of this tax shows the commitment our current council has towards bringing down tobacco prevalence rates for our...

The definition for this word indicates that anyone looking into Calista Corporation and its administration can actually see what is happening in the company. I am very elated that a new director has emphasized the importance of this based on what tra...

By reducing inflation-adjusted education funding, Sean Parnell’s FY 2014 budget proposal would harm Alaska’s competitiveness. For the fourth straight year, the proposed budget would freeze Base Student Allocation funding. Taking inflation into...

At the end of a political season, people still focus too much on their differences — which get exaggerated during the hype of campaign season. Well, let’s step back together for a moment — in the spirit of the Holiday season, in the spirit we...