Alaska News Nightly: Friday, October 27, 2023

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Bob Sam addresses Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary Bryan Newland at the Alaska Native Heritage Center on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

Sen. Dan Sullivan voices support for Israel. Plus, Native boarding school survivors share their trauma in an effort to heal. And, for the first time in decades, a Lingít language children’s book is released in Juneau.

Reports tonight from:

Wesley Early, Casey Grove, Chris Klint and Rhonda McBride in Anchorage

Tim Ellis in Delta Junction

Yvonne Krumrey in Juneau

Riley Board in Kenai

Sofia Stuart-Rasi in Unalaska

Liz Ruskin in Washington, D.C.

This episode of Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Wesley Early, with audio engineering from Chris Hyde and producing from Tim Rockey.

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Tim Rockey is the producer of Alaska News Nightly and covers education for Alaska Public Media. Reach him at trockey@alaskapublic.org or 907-550-8487. Read more about Tim here.

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