Relations are strained between AFN and some tribal entities and corporations in Alaska.
During this year’s annual Alaska Federation of Natives convention, there was one clear message coming from members who remain: unity and cooperation.
That uncomfortable tension Hoffman is talking about wasn’t immediately obvious at this year’s convention. That’s because some of the organizations that have disagreements with AFNAmong those tribal organizations are the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Tribes of Alaska, which withdrew its membership from AFN earlier this year.“You know we’ve been told that if we’re not there at the table, we’re not there in the room or whatever.
Tanana Chiefs Conference Chief & Chairman Brian Ridley said the tribes he represents voted to withdraw – primarily over salmon. “A step in the right direction would be them showing up and showing that subsistence, our fish, our game is important to our people, to AFN to see them at those same meetings fighting shoulder to shoulder with us,” he said.
One of AFN’s first co-chairs, Willie Hensley, said this kind of tension between members is nothing new. “We have many different groups, small regions, big regions, some really modernized, some very traditional,” Hensley said. “AFN can’t solve all the problems.”
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