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Six months after Halong, typhoon survivors tell senators Alaska villages need more than disaster aid

Alaska Beacon - May 12, 2026

Arts and Culture

Saint Paul Island artists to headline 2026 Arctic Arts Summit in Sweden for “Sergie and the White Seal”

Sam Davenport - February 23, 2026

Trail Blazers: Triston Chaney

Arts and Culture Emily Sullivan - July 31, 2025

Fishing has always been integral to Triston Chaney’s identity.

The last skipper in Ouzinkie: How Gulf of Alaska villages lost their Native fishing fleets

Economy Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal - February 6, 2025

A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more profitable. But over the last 50 years, it has hollowed out many Indigenous coastal villages where residents no longer can earn a living by harvesting salmon.