For 15 years, Elouise Cobell pursued a case on behalf of more than 500,000 Indian people due royalties from the federal government

Elouise Cobell, the Blackfeet woman from Browning who won a historic $3.4 billion settlement for Indian people cheated by the federal government, died Sunday night at a Great Falls hospital. See more at:

Salish and Kootnai college students work to keep their native languages.

Salish and Kootnai students study their native languages to keep them from disappearing -- a tip of the hat to the ancestors and a favor to those living in the future

Warming brings unwelcome change to Alaska villages

Inupiat Eskimo villagers in the Chukchi Sea village of Kivalina rely on wild animals to survive, but a recent arrival associated with climate warming is causing health concerns.
Beavers have colonized the Wulik River, Kivalina's main source for water. Beaver feces carry a microscopic protozoa that can cause giardia, known to campers elsewhere in Alaska as "beaver fever." Diarrhea and vomiting are symptoms. Kivalina hunters using the Wulik as a corridor to inland caribou herds have been warned to boil water before drinking it.

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Warming-brings-unwelcome-change-to-Alaska-villages-1309254.php#ixzz1IdC6mkPd

History made as native son wins Iditarod in Alaska

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  • (CNN) -- Native son and veteran dog musher John Baker of Kotzebue, Alaska, made history Tuesday by claiming first place in the state's famous Iditarod Sled Dog Race.

Baker's win marks the first time in the race's 38-year history in which an Alaskan Inupiaq has taken top prize. Baker's win triggered some raw emotional Alaskan pride, with native drums beating loudly at Iditarod's finish line. <see more of story at http://www.kpax.com/news/history-made-as-native-son-wins-iditarod-in-alaska/

John Baker won the Iditorad race. (Photo by Bob Hallinen, Associated Press)