Ketchikan’s tribe wants to change the community’s designation under federal subsistence rules to give residents more access to subsistence resources. The tribe is asking to change from urban to rural status- which would apply to all 14,000 residents in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough. The tribe hopes that recent changes to the designation process will help it win approval.
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“File it under sovereignty if you want, but right up there with sovereignty is our food,” Trixie Bennett said in a phone interview.
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Tribal officials say they have full confidence in the seasoned executive.
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Among the top priorities for Ketchikan Indian Community’s Tribal Council was addressing disproportionate educational outcomes for Alaska Native students.
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“With my husband passing away in January, and then, with my own health scare, it was just — it just feels like it’s time for me to focus on my own wellbeing and take the year off and kind of refocus,” Beth Lougee said.
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Ketchikan’s school board is going to continue its evaluation of the district’s superintendent on Tuesday, and they’re opening up that meeting to public testimony on her performance.
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UPDATE: This meeting has been postponed and will be rescheduled, tentatively for Jan. 7th.
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The tribal council says it’s the first time in its 80-year history that it’s written a letter expressing no confidence in a Ketchikan public servant.
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