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[CNN] Mary Peltola set to make history as the first Alaska Native in Congress

September 1, 2022August 31, 2022 News Alaska, American Indian/Alaska Native children, Congress, Democrat, House of Representatives, indigenous, indigenous peoples, Mary Peltola, native american, Native Americans

Democrat Mary Peltola is set to make history as the first Alaska Native in Congress – while thwarting the attempted political comeback of former Gov. Sarah Palin – by winning a special House election, according to unofficial ranked-choice voting results released Wednesday by the state Division of Elections. Her unlikely bid for the House was … Read more

First Public Hearing of the American Indian and Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence Task Force Held in Bismarck, N.D

June 24, 2021December 10, 2013 News American Indian/Alaska Native children, Attorney General's Advisory Committee

The Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of the Task Force on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence held its first public hearing today in Bismarck, N.D., convening tribal researchers, advocates, and local community members to discuss domestic violence and child physical and sexual abuse in Indian Country. The task force is comprised of a federal … Read more