âJourney of the Freckled Indianâ
A childrenâs book and upcoming series by Tlingit writer Alyssa London challenge misconceptions about Indigenous identity
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May 4, 2021
Alyssa London, Tlingit, who won the Miss Alaska USA pageant in 2017, has written a children s book about growing up in a multicultural family, Journey of the Freckled Indian. A series of books and a television shows is now planned. (Photo courtesy of Alyssa London)
A childrenâs book and upcoming series by Tlingit writer Alyssa London challenge misconceptions about Indigenous identity
Richard Arlin Walker
When Alyssa London, Tlingit, was growing up, she didn’t meet her peers’ expectations of what an Indigenous person would look like.
4:59 Petersburg’s borough assembly heard testimony both for and against proposed legislation to transfer land from the Tongass National Forest to five new urban Native corporations.
Alaska Natives from five Southeast Alaska communities are seeking that compensation not granted in a land claims bill 50 years ago and are seeking support from the municipal government in their effort.
The legislation has been introduced in past sessions of Congress and is expected to be reintroduced again later this year.
The campaign backing the bill is called Alaska Natives Without Land and the five communities are sometimes called landless. They were not granted the right to form village or urban corporations in the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
Public comment divided on Native corporation land bill
Posted by Joe Viechnicki | Mar 12, 2021
Portage Bay on Kupreanof Island near Petersburg (Elizabeth Jenkins/KFSK)
Petersburg’s borough assembly Wednesday heard testimony both for and against proposed legislation to transfer land from the Tongass National Forest to five new urban Native corporations. Alaska Natives from five Southeast Alaska communities are seeking that compensation not granted in a land claims bill 50 years ago and are seeking support from the municipal government in their effort.
The legislation has been introduced in past sessions of Congress and is expected to be reintroduced again later this year. It proposes to grant 23,040 acres each to new urban Native corporations in Petersburg, Wrangell, Haines, Tenakee and Ketchikan, a total of just over 115-thousand acres of land that’s currently part of the Tongass National Forest.
Discussion continues over Native land bill
Posted by Joe Viechnicki | Dec 14, 2020
Petersburg’s borough assembly later this winter may continue its discussion of legislation to transfer national forest land to five new Native corporations. The assembly this month heard from supporters and opponents of the bill.
The legislation introduced this fall by Alaska’s congressional delegation would grant over 23,000 acres each to five new urban corporations in Petersburg, Wrangell, Haines, Tenakee and Ketchikan. It’s been introduced before but the latest version includes specific land selections that are prompting some opposition. Near Petersburg there are parcels identified from the Tongass National Forest on Mitkof and Kupreanof islands along with Thomas Bay on the mainland. Some of those selections also include roads, forest service cabins and other public infrastructure.