Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Two major gatherings of Alaska Native people are taking place in Anchorage’s Dena’ina Civic & Convention Center this week: the Elders & Youth Conference and the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention.
The Alaska Desk’s Alena Naiden from our flagship station KNBA has this story.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of AFN.
“It was born out of this tremendous movement for Native unity and representation and self determination.”
Roy Agloinga (Iñupiaq) is the president of First Alaskans Institute. He says the event has been a touchpoint for most Alaska Native leaders over…
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