An Alaska Native group was set to honor a Pebble mining official. Then came the backlash. The controversy over a typically celebratory honor underscores the intense polarization over resource development in Alaska Native communities.
Coastal Alaskans see commercial fishing limits as a ‘crisis.’ Lawmakers don’t. Alaska’s Legislature adjourned last week without addressing an issue that many residents of coastal, Native villages see as urgent: expanding access to commercial fishing careers.
