Archive for October 2025
Opinion: When tribes say no, Alaska’s leaders should listen
Opinion: When tribes say no, Alaska’s leaders should listen – Anchorage Daily News By: Courtney Moore, ACAT’s Plastics and Petrochemical Coordinator What does it take for Alaska’s Indigenous communities to be heard? Apparently, not 12 years of consultation, not unified opposition and not even saying “no” — again and again. Eighty-eight tribes have said no…
Read MoreAction Alert: Protect Kigluait and Submit Public Comment
Action Alert: Protect Kigluait Mountains and Submit Public Comment Sacred Kigluiat and ACAT are here to protect the Kigluait Mountains from hard rock mining & revitalize ancestral connections to sacred sites. POA-2018-00210 Graphite Creek PN > Alaska District > Public Notices View –“Graphite One LLC, stated the purpose is mine graphite from mineral…
Read MoreAncestral Voices: Breast Cancer Prevention, Toxic Chemicals Linked with Breast Cancer, and the Importance of Alaska Native Language Revitalization
Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among women in Alaska, accounting for nearly one-third of all female cancer cases. Breast cancer in women under the age of 40 years old is 58% higher in Alaska Native women compared to non-Hispanic white women in the same region (Protecting Our Mamaqs & Our Health: An Enviornmental…
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