AFN convention highlights Native groups’ tension with Alaska Gov. Dunleavy as recall effort looms

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at a news conference at his Anchorage office on Sept. 27. (Photo by Nat Herz/Alaska Public Media)
In Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s first few months in office this year, the Republican traded shots with the state’s primary Alaska Native advocacy group, the Alaska Federation of Natives.
Dunleavy’s budget proposed cuts to programs important to Alaska Native groups: rural law enforcement, payments to senior citizens and health care. AFN’s leader