TAG 24: “ALASKA IS AN APARTHEID STATE”
INDIGENOUS ALASKANS’ LONG FIGHT FOR SOVEREIGNTY AND DECOLONIZATION | Alaska Natives have been fighting for self-determination for more than 60 years since the area became a US state through an illegitimate vote. Now, Indigenous rights’ advocates are calling on the international community to support their cause. Alaska is home to over 200 federally recognized Indigenous tribes – more than in any other state in the US. ● As Ambassador Ronald Barnes of the Indigenous Peoples and Nations Coalition points out, none of the people belonging to those tribes have had the right to choose whether to be part of the United States. Instead, US “occupation” was imposed upon them, he said. That’s why Barnes has turned to international law to fight for Alaska Natives’ right to self-determination. (LINK)