Alaska Native genomes show selection signals potentially linked to life in the Arctic; researchers identified variants in pathways associated with high-latitude conditions

Alaskan Native genomes show adaptation signals potentially linked to cold environments. Researchers compared these signals with populations from warmer regions. The Alaskan Arctic group displayed ...
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Alaska Native looks toward US Senate seat after House term

Former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola faces a large field of challengers in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate Aug. 18. As ...
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The Anchorage Museum: Beautiful art and Alaska Native culture

The Anchorage Museum is a great place to experience both Alaskan art and Alaska Native culture. The combination of history, ...
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Opinion: The next generation of Alaska leaders is already proving what it can do

ANSEP students are earning college credits, conducting research and serving their communities while redefining expectations ...

5 Things to Know About the Alaska Senate Candidate Mary Peltola

The Alaska Native, who grew up along the Kuskokwim River near the Bering Sea and fished for salmon, is the leading Democrat ...
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Alaska Natives Before Statehood

In the early spring of 1942, when the Army Corps of Engineers arrived to begin building the Alaska Highway, Alaska's population was approximately 73,000. About half of those residents were Native ...

American Indians and Alaska Natives in California face barriers to receiving needed health care, study finds

American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) adults in California have poorer access to health care, report more adverse ...
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Alaska land grant program for qualifying Vietnam veterans is extended for five years

WASHINGTON — An Alaska land-grant program allotting free wilderness tracts in the far reaches of the state to qualifying Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans and their heirs passed the Senate on Tuesday ...