Coach, teacher, ally among eight honored for achievements
Gil Truitt spent more than three decades teaching, coaching and leading teens. Now, he's received the highest form of recognition given by the state’s largest tribal government.
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Former senator, longtime Native leader Kookesh fighting cancer
A longtime Alaska political and business leader is fighting prostate cancer. Former Sen.Albert Kookesh of Angoon spent 16 years in the Alaska Legislature and 14 years heading up Sealaska’s governing board.
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Low salmon projections cancel Southeast spring king derby
Juneau's Spring King Salmon Derby won’t happen this year, because there aren’t enough fish. State biologists predict chinook returns will be low.
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Council takes over foster care for region’s Native children
The largest tribal government in Southeast Alaska now has authority over foster care and other services for Native children facing abuse or neglect.
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Tlingit-Haida Central Council OKs same-sex marriages
Tlingit-Haida’s seven-member governing board voted unanimously to define legal marriage without a gender requirement.
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