Alaska News Nightly: Friday, October 27, 2023

Bob Sam
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.

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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