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Alaska’s Native Voice – Living Indigenous Ways of Life

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Elders and young people from across Alaska, gather together each fall for the First Alaskans Institute’s Elders and Youth Conference. The event offers space for community members to come together and learn about a number of topics from subsistence practices to language revitalization to the arts. The focus of the 2024 conference is on land and food – living Indigenous ways of life.

Alaska’s Native Voice (ANV), now in its 13th year, is hosted by National Native News anchor Antonia Gonzales with freelance producer Emily Schwing. The program highlights guests and recorded voices from AFN attendees, and engages in conversation about top issues facing Alaska Native communities across the state including climate issues, education, and language and culture.

2024 Alaska Federation Of Natives Convention Live Broadcast

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KNBA’s 2024 Broadcast of the annual AFN convention brings information, issues, and voices to radio and streaming audiences Thursday, October 17 – Saturday October 19. The daily gavel-to-gavel live coverage of presentations from the main podium is hosted by Rhonda McBride, streaming on nv1.org at 1 p.m. EDT/10 a.m. AKDT.

Listeners hear the important speeches by Native leaders, state, and community representatives who are addressing the Native community as a whole.

Each day begins with the hour long news program Alaska’s Native Voice anchored by Antonia Gonzales from National Native News and produced by Emily Schwing. You’ll hear interviews and discussions with Alaska Native people from across the state, who gather in Anchorage each fall to discuss top priorities, meet with government officials, and celebrate their cultural ways of life.

AFN Newscast

A five-minute newscast focused on activity at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention, anchored by Jill Fratis.

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Alaska’s Native Voice

Day 1: Living Indigenous Ways of Life

Elders and young people from across Alaska gather together each fall for the First Alaskans Institute’s Elders and Youth Conference. The event offers space for community members to come together and learn about a number of topics from subsistence practices to language revitalization to the arts. The focus of the 2024 conference is on land and food – living Indigenous ways of life.

Day 2: Food Security

Hunting, fishing, and gathering are a central part of Indigenous ways of life across Alaska. Topics of conversations at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention often focuses on protecting subsistence harvests, and having access to enough nutritious foods. There are concerns about what the lack of access to quality nutrition has on both children and adults.

Day 3 – fashion, music, art

Alaska Native people celebrate their Indigenous culture through fashion, music, and art. During the week-long gathering in Anchorage for the annual First Alaskans Institute’s Elders and Youth conference and the Alaska Federation of Natives convention, there are fashion shows, talent competitions, and art shows at the gatherings. There are also various venues around town featuring fashion, music, and arts. 

Word With a Champ coverage of the 2023 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo

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Ten 5-minute Daily Reports December 8-17, 2023

Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (WNFR), the sport’s richest and most prestigious rodeo, showcases the world’s best contestants and stock. The 10-day championship event is held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.  Native cowboys and cowgirls are in contingency for the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association 2023 World Titles.

Word with A Champ is providing a series of 10 five-minute daily reports featuring Native American and First Nation Canadian contestants win, lose or draw, including interviews with ProRodeos favorite stars. It is an exciting time for our Native American contestants. Each of the 10 rounds pays big bucks to win and the best of 10 will earn a huge amount of money.

Alaska’s Native Voice – The Intersection between MMIP, Justice, Historical Trauma and Healing

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Today, we’re talking about justice and healing – in its many different forms. Alaska Natives and American Indians have been disproportionately affected by the legacy of boarding schools, and continue to struggle with high numbers of murdered and missing people. What do efforts to address some of these issues look like? From the US Justice Department, to local ceremonies that garner national attention -join us for a discussion on healing from all angles. 

Alaska’s Native Voice (ANV), now in its 12th year, is hosted by National Native News anchor Antonia Gonzales with freelance producer Emily Schwing. The program highlights guests and recorded voices from AFN attendees, and engages in conversation about top issues facing Alaska Native communities across the state including climate issues, education, and language and culture.

Alaska’s Native Voice – What is the Future of AFN & And how is tribal leadership changing in Alaska ? 

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The Alaska Federation of Natives is the largest representative organization of Alaska Natives in the world. But over the past few years, it’s been changing in structure and in leadership. Today we are discussing AFN’s future as the organization goes through a strategic planning process and as tensions around climate change, subsistence fishing and representation simmer among Alaska’s Indigenous organizations.

Alaska’s Native Voice (ANV), now in its 12th year, is hosted by National Native News anchor Antonia Gonzales with freelance producer Emily Schwing. The program highlights guests and recorded voices from AFN attendees, and engages in conversation about top issues facing Alaska Native communities across the state including climate issues, education, and language and culture.

2023 Alaska Federation Of Native Convention Live Broadcast

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October 23, 2023

Audio available by 12pm ET

 

Alaska’s Native Voice

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Alaska’s Native Voice (ANV), now in its 12th year, is hosted by National Native News anchor Antonia Gonzales with freelance producer Emily Schwing. The program highlights guests and recorded voices from AFN attendees, and engages in conversation about top issues facing Alaska Native communities across the state including climate issues, education, and language and culture.

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Day 3

 

Related Coverage

Listen to the Friday evening newscast from our partner Alaska Public Media featuring a report from Rhonda McBride and interviews with U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola (Yup’ik/D-AK) and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo)

Anchorage Daily News: After husband’s death, Alaska Federation of Natives honors Rep. Peltola with outpouring of support

Courtesy AFN

 

 

We had another great year at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage, Alaska, October 19, 20, & 21, 2023

KNBA’s 2023 Broadcast of the annual AFN convention brought information, issues, and voices to radio and streaming audiences. The daily gavel-to-gavel live coverage of presentations from the main podium hosted by Rhonda McBride started at 9:00 a.m. Listeners heard the important speeches by Native leaders, state, and community representatives who are addressing the Native community as a whole.

Each day began with the hour long news program Alaska’s Native Voice anchored by Antonia Gonzales from National Native News. This program provided the up-close interviews and discussions with AFN stakeholders, leaders, and culture bearers as the day began, before speakers took the main podium. 

 

AFN Newscast

A five-minute newscast focused on activity at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention, anchored by Jill Fratis.

 

October 19, 2023

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October 20, 2023

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October 23, 2023

Audio available by 12pm ET

 

Alaska’s Native Voice

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Alaska’s Native Voice (ANV), now in its 12th year, is hosted by National Native News anchor Antonia Gonzales with freelance producer Emily Schwing. The program highlights guests and recorded voices from AFN attendees, and engages in conversation about top issues facing Alaska Native communities across the state including climate issues, education, and language and culture.

Day 1

 

Day 2

 

Day 3

 

Related Coverage

Listen to the Friday evening newscast from our partner Alaska Public Media featuring a report from Rhonda McBride and interviews with U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola (Yup’ik/D-AK) and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo)

Anchorage Daily News: After husband’s death, Alaska Federation of Natives honors Rep. Peltola with outpouring of support

Courtesy AFN

 

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