The 2023 Alaska Federation of Natives convention, preceded by the Elders and Youth Conference, will start in Anchorage in less than two weeks.
Benno Cleveland, an Alaska Native Vietnam veteran who received a Purple Heart, will be one of the veterans honored at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention on Oct. 18, 2023.
Native corporations and tribal organizations, as well as state and federal agencies, have already begun to meet ahead of AFN. Many of these gatherings are spread out over the entire month of October. Delegates and their families also arrive early forNormally the convention opens on Thursday morning, but Nicole Stoops, an organizer for this year’s event, said AFN has set aside its first day to honor veterans.
Three Native leaders who have served in the military will share their own stories: Emil Notti, one of AFN’s founders, former state senator Jerry Ward and Benno Cleveland, who received a Purple Heart while serving in Vietnam.a documentary that tells the story of a St. Lawrence Island teenager, the youngest person ever in the community to land a whale. What was a proud moment for the village soured, after environmental activists unleashed a stream of hateful attacks online.
“We have diverse cultures, diverse languages, but the core values are still there,” she said. “The cultural values that our ways of life are still very similar — and how we can work together, especially when it comes to those obstacles that we face as Alaska Natives.”
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