The delegates also adopted a resolution endorsing U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, who is Yup’ik, as Alaska’s sole representative to Congress. She’s the first Alaska Native member of Congress. She’s in a tight race to hold on to her position in Alaska, which typically votes Republican.

The Alaska Federation of Natives decided to table a vote on Ballot Measure 1 that calls for a minimum-wage increase.

Republican Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the vice chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, endorsed the reelection of Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola while speaking at the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) convention in Anchorage,

Delegates from tribes, nonprofit tribal organizations and regional and village Native corporations passed 18 resolutions ranging from a call for Congress to recognize Native rights to subsistence hunting to support for the state prioritizing public education funding.