2022 Impact Report

Guest Opinion. Native Americans have remarkably stood on the frontlines of the US military service, answering the call to defend the nation. Their contributions span every historic battle of the past century, from World Wars I and II to conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Today, these indigenous people make up about 1.7% of active-duty service members despite comprising only 1.4% of the general population. Meanwhile, more than 140,000 veterans currently reside nationwide, with American Indians and Alaska Natives having served in the Armed Forces at five times the national average—the highest per-capita participation of any demographic in the military. Tragically, like many of their comrades, these individuals were also exposed to environmental contaminants , such as asbestos, burn pits, Lewisite, Agent Orange, and radiation causing a myriad of serious illnesses.

Opinion. America will celebrate its 250th anniversary of declaring independence from England next Independence Day, July 4, 2026.

A federal judge in Miami ruled late Thursday that Florida is prohibited from transferring any more individuals to the Everglades detention facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz."

The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) is pleased to announce a major legal victory as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Judge Gleason’s ruling in the Kuskokwim case, affirming that the Katie John decisions remain binding precedent. The court’s opinion, released this morning, confirms that when Congress enacted Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), it intended to create a rural subsistence fishing priority in navigable waters on federal lands—a principle established decades ago in the Katie John cases.