In late January, Indigenous peoples from interior Alaska, the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and northern British Columbia gathered at Pike’s Waterfront Lodge in Fairbanks for Building Connections to Strengthen Guardians & Indigenous-led Stewardship, three days of conversation, knowledge-sharing, and visioning about the future of Indigenous-led stewardship in the region. Indigenous Guardians programs employ community members to […]

Photography By Schuyler Alig The Aleutian Islands are located hundreds of miles from the Alaska mainland in the Bering Sea, accessible only by plane or boat, and often facing harsh, unpredictable weather. In August, Aleut/Unangax̂ Tribes, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, and other federal and regional partners came together to discuss opportunities for co-stewardship of […]

Photography By Schuyler Alig From mapping coastal erosion to preserving vital ecosystems, Geographic Information System (GIS) technology is giving Alaskan communities the power to protect their lands and ways of life. Indigenous communities have been too often excluded from land resource management decisions despite being the stewards since time immemorial. The Bristol Bay Region, known […]

In Alaska, many villages, especially those off the road system, are grappling with the far-reaching effects of climate change, including erosion, wildfires, flooding, and thawing permafrost. These challenges are felt most acutely by Alaska Native communities, whose traditional ways of life—closely tied to the land and water—are increasingly threatened. In Rampart, a remote village of […]