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2023

FIRST NATIONS’ FUTURES PROGRAM – 2023 ALASKA FELLOWS ARE SELECTED (January 30, 2023)
FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE MOURNS LOSS OF AVEOGAN OLIVER LEAVITT (January 10, 2023)

2022

FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE URGES A NO VOTE ON BALLOT MEASURE NO. 1 – THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION QUESTION (November 4, 2022)
ANNOUNCING 2022 AWARDEES OF THE FAI HOWARD ROCK & TED STEVENS SMOKEHOUSE GALA (October 28, 2022)
ANNOUNCING THE 39TH ANNUAL STATEWIDE ELDERS & YOUTH KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, CONFERENCE GUIDES, THEME, AND HOW TO GET INVOLVED (October 11, 2022)
FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE’S ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE AND THE HOWARD ROCK & TED STEVENS SMOKEHOUSE GALA TO BE HELD IN PERSON (August 16, 2022, revised August 17, 2022)
2022 FAI INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP CONTINUUM FELLOWS ARE SELECTED (January 26, 2022)

2021

ANNOUNCING THE 2021 AWARDEES OF THE HOWARD ROCK & TED STEVENS SMOKEHOUSE GALA (November 15, 2021)
CELEBRATING THE 10TH ANNUAL HOWARD ROCK & TED STEVENS SMOKEHOUSE GALA DURING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT (November 1, 2021)
2021 INDIGENOUS STEWARDSHIP FELLOWS SELECTED (October 6, 2021)
ANNOUNCING THE 38TH ANNUAL STATEWIDE ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE THEME, KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, CONFERENCE GUIDES, REGISTRATION AND HOW TO GET INVOLVED (September 27, 2021)
38TH ANNUAL STATEWIDE FAI ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE TO BE HELD VIRTUALLY (July 19, 2021)
INTRODUCING THE 2021 FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE SUMMER INTERNS (July 16, 2021)
FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE MOURNS LOSS OF SENATOR ALBERT M. KOOKESH (May 28, 2021)
WINNERS OF THE ALASKA YOUTH VOTER TURNOUT CHALLENGE (January 29, 2021)
INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP CONTINUUM FELLOWS ARE SELECTED (January 22, 2021)

2020

ON ANILCA’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY, ALASKA NATIVE LEADERS RECOGNIZE ACT’S FAILURE TO PROTECT TRADITIONAL WAYS OF LIFE (December 2, 2020)
ANNOUNCING SPECIAL TRHT TRIBUTE DURING THE 2020 HOWARD ROCK & TED STEVENS SMOKEHOUSE GALA (November 18, 2020)
ANNOUNCING 2020 SMOKEHOUSE GALA AWARDEES (November 9, 2020)
ANNOUNCING THE 2020 FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE STATEWIDE ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND CONFERENCE GUIDES (September 22, 2020)
ANNOUNCING THE 2020 CENSUS APPRECIATION DRAWING (September 18, 2020)
ANNOUNCING THE 2020 FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE STATEWIDE ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE THEME, CALL FOR PROPOSALS, AND REGISTRATION (August 27, 2020)
ALASKA NATIVE ENTITIES TAKE A STAND AGAINST STATE OPPRESSION OF INDIGENOUS WAYS OF LIFE (August 20, 2020)
INTRODUCING THE 2020 FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE SUMMER INTERNS (July 15, 2020)
FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE’S 37TH ANNUAL STATEWIDE ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE AND THE 9TH ANNUAL HOWARD ROCK & TED STEVENS SMOKEHOUSE GALA WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR PEOPLES (July 13, 2020)
A GIANT HAS WALKED INTO THE FOREST: FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE MOURNS LOSS OF BYRON I. MALLOTT (May 8, 2020)
FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE RESPONSE TO COVID-19 (March 18, 2020)
2020 AL ADAMS YOUNG POLITICAL LEADER & PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWS ARE SELECTED (January 17, 2020)

2019

INDIGENOUS ADVANCEMENT DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED (December 5, 2019)
ANNOUNCING THE 2019 FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS (September 18, 2019)
ANNOUNCING THE 2019 AWARDEES OF THE HOWARD ROCK & TED STEVENS SMOKEHOUSE GALA (September 6, 2019)
FIRST NATIONS’ FUTURES PROGRAM – 2019 ALASKA FELLOWS ARE SELECTED (Updated November 1, 2019)
ALASKA NATIVE POLICY CENTER POLICY DIRECTOR ANNOUNCED (August 2, 2019)
2019 ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE THEME, REGISTRATION AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS (June 4, 2019)
2019 AL ADAMS YOUNG POLITICAL LEADER FELLOW ANNOUNCED (May 9, 2019)
WINNERS OF THE ALASKA YOUTH VOTER TURNOUT CHALLENGE (February 12, 2019)
NEW ADDITIONS TO THE FIRST ALASKANS TEAM (January 25, 2019)
2019 PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWS ANNOUNCED, MARKING 12 YEARS OF PLACING NATIVE LEADERS IN THE OFFICES OF STATE POLICY-MAKERS (Updated January 10, 2019)

2018

ANNOUNCING THE 2018 AWARDEES OF THE HOWARD ROCK & TED STEVENS SMOKEHOUSE GALA (November 2, 2018)
2018 FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE ELDERS & YOUTH KEYNOTES SPEAKERS CELEBRATE OUR CONNECTION TO OUR ANCESTORS AND OUR HOMELANDS (October 5, 2018)
FIRST NATIONS’ FUTURES PROGRAM – 2018 ALASKA FELLOWS ARE SELECTED (September 13, 2018)
2018 ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS NOW OPEN (June 5, 2018)
FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE HIRING AND PROMOTION NEWS (May 24, 2018)
ELIZABETH DAVID NAMED FINANCE MANAGER FOR FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE (February 26, 2018)
2018 PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWS ANNOUNCED, MARKING 11 YEARS OF PLACING NATIVE LEADERS IN THE OFFICES OF STATE POLICY-MAKERS (January 12, 2018)

2017

ANNOUNCING THE 2017 AWARDEES OF THE HOWARD ROCK & TED STEVENS SMOKEHOUSE GALA (November 14, 2017)
FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE STAFF AND VOLUNTEER HIGHLIGHTS (October 13, 2017)
2017 FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE ELDERS AND YOUTH CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS CELEBRATE OUR NATIVE IDENTY, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR HOMELANDS, AND LIVING OUR WAYS OF LIFE (September 22, 2017)
FIRST NATIONS FUTURES FELLOWSHIP – ALASKA SELECTS 2017 FELLOWS (August 31, 2017)
ANNOUNCING SAVE THE DATE: A TRIBE CALLED RED CONCERT PERFORMANCE OCTOBER 20, 2017 (August 7, 2017)
ANNOUNCING TRHT: ALASKA – $1.5 MILLION, THREE-YEAR GRANT TO SUPPORT TRUTH, RACIAL HEALING & TRANSFORMATION IN ALASKA (June 30, 2017)
ANNOUNCING 2017 ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE THEME, CALL FOR PROPOSALS AND REGISTRATION OPENING (May 22, 2017)
ANNOUNCING OUR 2017 PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWS (January 20, 2017)

2016

ANNOUNCING SMOKEHOUSE GALA VIP RECEPTION EMCEE & SPECIAL GUEST MARTIN SENSMEIER (November 19, 2016)
ANNOUNCING OUR 2016 HRTS SMOKEHOUSE GALA AWARDEES (November 15, 2016)
FIRST NATIONS FUTURES PROGRAM – ALASKA SELECTS 2016 FELLOWS (October 6, 2016)
ANNOUNCING 2016 ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS (October 5, 2016)
JORIE AYYU PAOLI NAMED VICE PRESIDENT (August 19, 2016)
#FIRSTALASKANS4BLACKALASKANS (July 8, 2016)
TRIBE CALLED RED BENEFIT CONCERT ANNOUNCED TO SUPPORT FAI, ANHC AND HANF (July 8, 2016)
ANNOUNCING THE 2016 ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE THEME AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS (May 3, 2016)
FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES “PARTNERS FOR THE NEXT 10,000 YEARS: A RACIAL EQUITY SUMMIT” (January 18, 2016)

2015

ANNOUNCING OUR 2016 PUBLIC POLICY FELLOWS TO WORK IN STATE CAPITOL (December 22, 2015)
ANNOUNCING AWARDEES FOR 2015 HOWARD ROCK & TED STEVENS SMOKEHOUSE GALA (November 13, 2015)
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, HONORING THE FIRST PEOPLES OF ANCHORAGE AND ALASKA (October 12, 2015)
FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES 2015 FIRST NATIONS FUTURES FELLOWS (October 9, 2015)
KEYNOTES ANNOUNCED FOR 2015 FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE (September 22, 2015)
ANNOUNCING THE 2015 ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE THEME, REGISTRATION AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS (June 12, 2015)
ANDREA SANDERS NAMED ALASKA NATIVE POLICY CENTER DIRECTOR (April 23, 2015)
COLIN MCDONALD NAMED SUSTAINABILITY ASSISTANT FOR FIRST ALASKANS INSTITUTE (April 17, 2015)

2014

AWARDEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2014 HOWARD ROCK & TED STEVENS SMOKEHOUSE GALA (November 18, 2014)
THE ELECTION ISN’T OVER UNTIL RURAL ALASKA SINGS (November 6, 2014)
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS FOR THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STATEWIDE ELDERS & YOUTH CONFERENCE (October 17, 2014)
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