Yukon First Nation celebrates 20 years of self government
A Yukon First Nation is celebrating 20 years of self-government at this year’s bi-annual…
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New road to Tuk NWT brings in tourists and cash
Charlotte-Morritt-JacobsAPTN NewsThe 137 kilometre Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway opened in November 2017.This summer, the highway…
Elder Roger Ellis returns to Mayo, Yukon where a flash of lightning changed his life forever
Elder Roger Ellis returns to Mayo, Yukon for the first time since 1964 when he was struck by lightning.
Facebook travelling the north to see how people get connected
One of the world’s largest social media sites is touring the north to find…
A first: AFN candidates in the Yukon for candidates forum
For the first time in the history of the Assembly of First Nations, a forum featuring the candidates who are running for the national chief’s job were in the north.
Putting a name to a face: archive photos from Whitehorse Star travelling to Yukon communities
Officials at the Yukon archive are hitting the festival trail. They want to ask people at each stop to identify Indigenous people in old newspaper photos from the Whitehorse Star.
Meet ‘Famous Amos’ the Yukon Elder still playing hand games after 76 years
Hand games have been making a resurgence across the North with young and old…
Kluane Adamek acclaimed as Yukon regional chief
Kluane Adamek is keeping her job as the Yukon’s regional chief. The 31-year-old is one…
Hundreds of thousands oppose drilling in northern wildlife refuge
“Now their fate is being thrown on some kind of gambling table and the U.S. government is throwing the dice.”