One year ago, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland issued a declaration to remove a slur against Indigenous women from place names on federal lands. Nearly 650 new names were finalized this fall including one for a Dillingham creek that bore the slur. Three elementary students in Dillingham had been pushing to change the creekâs name long before the federal government started its process.
In 2018, a Bristol Bay artist began to raise awareness of the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people. She sewed an enormous qaspeq and drew the faces of Alaska Native women who have gone missing or were murdered. That project has grown into an international call for action.
In 2018, a Bristol Bay artist began to raise awareness of the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people. She sewed an enormous qaspeq and drew the faces of Alaska Native women who have gone missing or were murdered. That project has grown into an international call for action.
The Curyung Tribe invited community input Saturday on changing the name of a Dillingham stream that bears a derogatory name. The U.S. Department of the Interior public comment period on replacement names for the creek is open through April 25.