Press Releases
2023 Releases & eNews
- Prince of Wales Island Harvest Video Series Released
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 5.25.23
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 5.16.23
- Tlingit & Haida to Withdraw from the Alaska Federation of Natives
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 5.5.23
- Karen Taug Appointed as Acting Chief Financial Officer
- Tlingit & Haida Launches Bingo Operations Under Alaska State Gaming Permit
- Tribes Issue Joint Letter Urging Canada to Address Growing Crisis of Mining Pollution in British Columbia
- 88th Annual Tribal Assembly Adjourns
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 4.15.23
- Tlingit & Haida Welcomes New Cultural Heritage & Education Manager
- Tlingit & Haida Selected for State-Tribal Education Compact Pilot Program
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 3.19.23
- Tlingit Haida Purchases Driftwood Lodge Property
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 3.11.23
- Joint Release: Tlingit & Haida, Sealaska, Alaska Lawmakers, Salmon Beyond Borders Deliver Reality Check to B.C. Officials, Amplify Calls for Biden Administration to Act Now
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 3.1.23
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 2.8.23
- Amelia Rivera Promoted to Cultural Heritage & Education Division Senior Director
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 1.27.23
- Tlingit & Haida Hails the Restored Protections to the Tongass National Forest
- Tlingit & Haida Signs Deed to Put Land into Federal Trust Status
2022 Releases & eNews
- Tlingit & Haida Urges Federal Government to Uphold Commitments to Protect International Salmon Rivers from Canadian Mining
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 11.29.22
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 11.23.22
- United States Department of Interior Approves Tlingit & Haida's Fee-to-Trust Application
- Tlingit & Haida Awarded $49 Million Broadband Infrastructure Development Grant under Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 10.31.22
- Tlingit & Haida Endorses United States Senator Lisa Murkowski & Representative Mary Peltola
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 10.24.22
- Tlingit & Haida's Public Law 102-477 Plan Amedned
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 10.7.22
- Tlingit & Haida Endorses United States Senator Lisa Murkowski & Representative Mary Peltola
- Executive Council Approves $10,000 Donation to Western Alaska Relief
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 9.22.22
- USDA Awards Tlingit & Haida $208,000 for Herring Roe Program
- Southeast Alaska Sustainability Strategy Partners Announce Regional Strengthening Agreements
- U.S. Department of Education Awards $1.2M Grant to Tlingit & Haida
- Tlingit & Haida Launches Everbridge Emergency Notification System
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 8.3.22
- New Rescue Small Business Relief Startup Grant Program Launches
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 7.15.22
- Tlingit & Haida Partners with Sitka Tribe of Alaska for Broadband Project
- Tlingit & Haida Welcomes New Managers
- Nine Objects of Cultural Patrimony Repatriated to the Naanya.aayí Clan
- Gail Dabaluz Hired as Self-Governance Manager
- Community Navigators Ready to Connect Tribal Citizens to Local Resources
- Former Chief Justice Appointed to Not Invisible Act Commission
- Tlingit & Haida Adjourns 87th Annual Tribal Assembly
- Tlingit & Haida Launches Culture Heals
- Tlingit & Haida Awarded USDA Grants for Sustainability Projects
- Janice Hotch Hired as Tribe's Business & Economic Development Director
- Anchorage Supplemental Small Business Relief Program Now Accepting Applications
- Vocational Training & Resource Center to Relaunch Under New Branding
- Tlingit & Haida's Public Safety Director Issues Statement on the Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the United States Supreme Court
- Former Chief Justice Appointed to the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit's
Ad Hoc Committee on Tribal and Native Relations - Tlingit & Haida Responds to White House Announcement of U.S. Supreme Court Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
- Tlingit & Haida Opens Anchorage Office
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 2.15.22
- Tlingit & Haida Issues Support for Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization
- Rescue Small Business Relief Program Relaunches
- 87th Annual Tribal Assembly Move to Virtual Format
- Tlingit & Haida Launches Gumboots Go! Series for Children
2021 Releases & eNews
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 12.30.21
- Deadline Approaching for Rescue Small Business Relief Program
- Broadband License Secured from Federal Communications Commission
- Tlingit & Haida Purchases Two Properties in the Aak'w Village District
- Ralphenia Dybdahl Hired as Tlingit & Haida Office of the President Manager
- Community & Behavioral Services Launches Healing Center Website
- Tribal Leaders Selected for Proposed Membership on the Self-Governance PROGRESS Act Negotiated Rulemaking Committee
- Southeast Alaska Tribes Issue Support for USDA's Plans to Restore Protections of the Tongass National Forest
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 11.11.21
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Tlingit & Haida Endorses Alaskans for Better Government's Ballot Initiative
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Tlingit & Haida Welcomes New Head Start Director and Cultural Heritage Manager
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 8.18.21
- New Rescue Relief Program Announced
- Tlingit & Haida Launches Broadband Surveys
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 7.30.21
- 86th Annual Tribal Assembly Moved to Virtual Format
- Tlingit & Haida Closes Offices to the Public Due to Increased COVID-19 Cases
- VOCA Fix Act Signed into Law
- USDA Announces Southeast Alaska Sustainability Strategy to Work with Tribes, Partners and Communities
- Birmingham Museum of Art Repatriates Kéet Koowaal Object of Cultural Patrimony
- Tlingit & Haida Officially Reopens Offices to the Public
- Tlingit & Haida Welcomes New Community & Behavioral Services Senior Director
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 5.3.21
- Tlingit & Haida Hires New Child Welfare Attorney
- Tlingit & Haida Postpones the 86th Annual Tribal Assembly
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 3.18.21
- Tlingit & Haida Hires New Construction Project Manager
- Simon Friday Appointed as NCAI Youth Commission Co-President
- Tlingit & Haida Responds to Bilateral Working Group Issues Report on Transboundary Water Monitoring
- Tlingit & Haida Welcomes New Employment & Training Manager
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 1.28.21
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 1.15.21
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 1.8.21
- Tlingit & Haida Welcomes New Grants and Resources Director
- Tlingit & Haida Joins Lawsuit Challenging the Legality of the Sale of the National Archives Facility in Seattle
2020 Releases & eNews
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 12.21.20
- Tlingit & Haida Welcomes New Employees to Management Team
- Alison Schoonover Promoted to Sacred Grounds Café Manager
- Tlingit & Haida and USDA Forest Service Sign Agreement for Indigenous Guardians Program
- Tlingit & Haida Holds Virtual 85th Annual Tribal Assembly
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 09.27.20
- Joint Release: Announcing the 2020 Census Appreciation Drawing
- Tinglit & Haida eNews 09.03.20
- Tlingit & Haida Awarded CARES Act Relief Assistance Grant
- Joint Release: Alaska Native Entities Take a Stand Against State Oppression of Indigenous Ways of Life
- Catherine Edwards Selected to Serve on Task Force on Research on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 07.22.20
- Roald Helgesen Hired as Chief Operating Officer
- Corey Padron Promoted to Emergency Operations Administrator
- Tribe to Hold Virtual Rally in Support of the Black Lives Matter Movement
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 05.05.20
- Tlingit & Haida Launches Tribal Emergency Operations Center
- Tlingit & Haida's 85th Annual Tribal Assembly Postponed
- Tlingit & Haida Issues Public Closure Notice
- Tlingit & Haida Prepares Workplace for Coronavirus
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 02.18.20
- John Hawkins Jr. Promoted to Tribal Transportation Manager
- Will Ware Promoted to Chief of Project Development
- Brent Mulvaney Hired as Tribal Child Support Attorney
- Tlingit & Haida eNews 01.09.20
2019 Releases & eNews
- Tlingit & Haida Selected for Tribal Access Program
- Jamie Shanley Hired as Administrator for Tribe's New Child Care Center
- Dennis Demmert Donates Private Book Collection
- Jodi Gatti Promoted to Social Enterprise Manager
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - 09.06.19
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - 08.15.19
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - 08.09.19
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - 07.25.19
- Head Start Services to be Reduced Following Veto of Alaska Head Start Funding
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - 07.16.19
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - 07.09.19
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - 06.27.19
- Talia Eames Promoted to Reentry & Recovery Manager
- Tlingit & Haida Head Start Awarded Funding to Extend Classroom Hours
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - 05.09.19
- Haa Yóo X̱ʼatángi Kúdi Language Immersion Nest Opens
- Melissa Jensen Promoted to Sacred Grounds Café Manager
- 84th Annual Tribal Assembly Adjourns
- CBJ Planning Commission Approves Conditional Use Permit for Tlingit & Haida's Reentry Transitional Housing Project
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - 2.7.19
- Janae Franklet Promoted to Tribal Child Support Manager
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - 1.22.19
- Helene Bennett Promoted to Tribal Operations & Self Governance Manager
2018 Releases & eNews
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - 12.28.18
- Trinidad Contreras Sworn in as Tribal Court Magistrate
- Frances Andrews Promoted to Tribal Court Administrator
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - 11.21.18
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - 11.15.18
- Rob Sanderson Jr. Appointed to NPFMC Community Engagement Committee
- NAGPRA Funding Awarded by the National Park Service
- Ralph Wolfe & Sarah Dybdahl Named as Native American 40 Under 40 Award Recipients
- Chief Justice to Attend Trilateral Meeting on Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls
- Co-Chairs Appointed to Violence Against Women Task Force
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - 8.23.18
- Jesse Parr Hired as Tlingit & Haida's TANF Manager
- Tribe Signs Memorandum of Agreement with University of Alaska Southeast
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - Naming Contest for Tlingit & Haida's New Catering Service
- Tlingit & Haida Awarded Grant for Tlingit Language Immersion Nest
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - Tribal Citizen Youth to Hold Music Video Launch Party
- Tlingit & Haida Awarded Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant
- Tlingit & Haida eNews - Strengthening Ties Community Gathering
- SEITC Seats Rob Sanderson Jr. as Chairman
- Public Safety Department Hires Kake VPSO
- Tlingit & Haida Holds 83rd Annual Tribal Assembly
- Delegates Recess Early from Tribal Assembly to Support Language Emergency Resolution
- Emily Edenshaw Hired as Tribe's Business & Economic Development Director
- Tribe Signs Funding Agreement to Expand Child Welfare Services
- Tlingit & Haida Forms Addiction Action Committee
- Chief Justice Appointed to Co-Chair NCAI's VAW Task Force
- Tribe's Property Management Department Transferred to KIRA Services
- Executive Council Issues Support for Tribal Court Judge to Fill Juneau Superior Court Vacant Seat
- Second Spring King Salmon Derby Cancelled Due to Sport Fishery Closure
- Constitutional Committee Releases Proposed Amendments to Tribe's Governing Documents
- Amber Frommherz Promoted to Head Start Director
2017 Releases
- Tlingit & Haida Welcomes New Tribal Appellate Court Administrator
- Ken Truitt Promoted to Chief Operating Officer
- Senate Passes Tribal Employment and Training Legislation
- Executive Council Seats New 6th Vice President
- Grace Hawkins Promoted to Employment & Training Manager
- Heather Gatti Joins the Office of the President
- Sarah Dybdahl Hired as New Cultural Heritage & Education Manager
- Jessie Archibald Appointed to Alaska Bar Association's Area Discipline Committee
- Will Ware Appointed to Governor's Tribal Advisory Council
- Tlingit & Haida Stands with Tribal Nations to Support Paris Climate Change Accord
- Tlingit & Haida Donates $5,000 to Help Rebuild Juneau Playground
- Tlingit & Haida Issues Support for Censuring Representative David Eastman
- Tribe Adjourns 82nd Annual Tribal Assembly
- Public Safety to Implement Local Emergency Preparedness Plans in Southeast VPSO Communities
- Spring King Salmon Derby Cancelled Due to Sport Fisheries Closure
- Tribal Court to Participate in Project to Improve Outcomes for Abused and Neglected Children
- Native Groups Rally Against Proposed Homelessness Ordinance
- Central Council to Hold Constitutional Convention
- DOI Approves Craig Tribal Association's Land-into-Trust Application
2016 Releases
- Tribe Calls On President Obama to Take Immediate Action to Safeguard the Peaceful Water Protectors at Oceti Sakowin Camp
- Tribe Welcomes Tribal Child Support Attorney
- Ken Truitt Hired as Deputy Chief Operating Officer
- Tribe's Leadership Issues Post-Election Statements with Messages of Unity
- Will Ware Appointed to Governor's Transportation Advisory Board
- Central Council Tlingit & Haida Endorses Senator Lisa Murkowski
- Land Lease Finalized for Tlingit and Haida Cultural Immersion Park
- Business & Economic Development Manager Appointed to Juneau
Commission on Sustainability - Madeline Soboleff Levy Promoted to General Counsel
- Sudden Federal Budget Cuts Significantly Impact 477 Services
- Central Council Stands in Unity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Opposition to Dakota Access Pipeline
- No Appeal from State of Alaska in Land-into-Trust Case - Huge Win for Alaska Tribes
- Southeast Tribes Hold Transboundary Meetings with Key US Department of State and EPA Officials
- Tribal Enterprise Acquires Federal Government Contracting Company
- Tribe Holds 81st Annual Tribal Assembly
- Alaska Supreme Court Affirms Tribal Child Support Case
- State and Tribe to Sign Tribal Title IV-E Maintenance Agreement
- Douglas Indian Association Lawsuit Against Tribe Dismissed
- Jessie Archibald Returns to Tribal Child Support Unit
2015 Releases
- Tribe Welcomes New 477 Director
- Debra O'Gara Hired as Tribal Court Presiding Judge
- Sealaska and Central Council Hold Joint Meeting to Advance Dialogue on Common Issues
- New Certified Tribal Artist Program
- Tribe Receives $1 Million from Department of Justice
- Tribe Secures Land Lease with City & Borough of Juneau
- Tribe Hires Business & Economic Development Manager
- Tribe Hires Tribal Child Support Attorney
- Central Council to Boycott FedEx Services
- 80th Annual Tribal Assembly Adjourns
- Tribe Receives United States Department of Housing & Urban Development Grant Award
- Tribe Adopts New Marriage Statute
- Tribe Welcomes New Management Team Members
2014 Releases
- Tribe Welcomes the Return of a Khaach.ádi Clan Hat
- Tribe Joins My Brother's Keeper Initiative and Holds Local Action Summit
- Tribe Signs Cooperative Agreement with State of Alaska and Microsoft
- Tlingit Haida Central Council Endorses Senator Mark Begich
- Tribe Hires TANF Manager
- Tribe Awarded Department of Justice Grant
- Tribe Declares Endorsement of Alaska First Unity Ticket
- President Peterson Selected for NCAIED's "Native American 40 Under 40" Award
- Tribe Hires Human Resources Manager
- MOA Signing Ceremony between Tribe and State of Alaska
- Webcast of MOA Signing Ceremony
- Signed MOA (PDF)
- T&H Services, LLC Acquires Executive Green Clean
- Tribe Hires New Government Affairs Liaison
- Judge Voluck Receives 2014 Judge Nora Guinn Award
- Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall Reopens
- Andrew Hope Building Parking Lot Improvement Project Completed
- Laird Jones Elected to Serve on National Johnson O'Malley Association Board
- 28th Alaska State Legislature Passes House Bill 216
- 79th Tribal Assembly Adjourns
2013 Releases
- ACPE Approves VTRC Distance Education Courses & CDL Class A Training Expansion
- Sequestration Impacts Tlingit & Haida Head Start
- Dog Salmon Screen Repatriated to Teeyeeneidí Clan
- Central Council Hires Business & Economic Development Director
- Central Council Hires Tribal Transportation Manager
- 78th Annual Tribal Assembly Adjourns
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Héen Latinee Experimental Forest Enters into Memorandum of Understanding
- MOU (PDF)
2012 Releases
- Central Council Hires Chief Financial Officer and Controller
- Tribe Strongly Opposes Exclusion from Violence Against Women Act
- Pamela Dalton Stearns Testimony (MP3)
- Resolution TA 12-58 Opposition to Any Language Excluding Alaska Native Tribes from the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
- United Against Domestic Violence (photo1 photo 2)
- Pamela Dalton Stearns (photo)
- Tribe Adjourns 77th Annual Tribal Assembly
- Theresa Belton Appointed Acting Chief Financial Officer
- Tlingit and Haida Tribe and Alaska Child Support Services Division Agree to Release Garnished Permanent Fund Dividend Funds
2011 Releases
- Tribe's Child Support Orders to be Recognized by State of Alaska
- U.S. Department of Justice Awards $880,493 to Central Council
- Central Council Purchases Andrew Hope Building Condominium Units
- Central Council Secures DOE Funding for Tribal Energy Projects
- Central Council Secures NAGPRA Funding
- Southeast Economic Development Summit to take place May 12-13, 2011
- Tlingit & Haida Holds 76th Annual Tribal Assembly
- Tlingit Haida Central Council and State of Washington Enter into Tribal Child Support Agreement
2010 Releases
- Edward K. Thomas to Meet with President Barack Obama
- Central Council Announces Additions to Management Team
- Head Start Employee Awarded National CDA Credential
- Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Secures Funding
- Energy Demonstration Project Underway in Angoon, Alaska
- VPSO Program Receives FY 2011 Funding
- Central Council Receives Over $2M in State Grant Funds
- Tribal Leaders Elect Edward K. Thomas President
- Central Council Advances Plan for a Southeast Alaska Native Culture Center
- Tribe Seeks Funds for Cultural, Educational, Tourism Center
- Tribe Files Lawsuit Against State of Alaska
- Floyd Kookesh Appointed Subsistence & Sustainable Development Coordinator
- Tribe Welcomes VTRC Manager Laird Jones
2009 Releases
- Tribe Welcomes Youth Education Manager Deena LaRue
- Tribal Voice Radio Comes "Online"
- Tribe Expresses Concerns to President Obama
- Tlingit & Haida to Sponsor Essay Contest for American Indian Heritage Month
- President Martin Elected NCAI Alaska Area Vice President
- Hydaburg First! Week - Promoting Economic Growth in Southeast Alaska
- Central Council Secures NAGPRA Funding
- Request for Review of EPA Region X Failure to Comply with
Executive
Order 13175 (Attachments Included) - Supreme Court Decision on Kensington Mine
- Suicide Prevention Symposium Held
- Supreme Court Request for Supplemental Information on Kensington Permits
- Indian Tribes’ Child Support Legislation Enacted
- Central Council 74th Annual Tribal Assembly Adjourns
- Central Council & Sealaska Sign Historic Memorandum
of Understanding
(MOU)
- MOU
- Head Start Staff Awarded National Child Development Associate Credential