The Alaska Native Health Board (ANHB) is the statewide voice on Alaska Native health issues. Active for over 50 years as an advocacy organization for the health needs and concerns of all Alaska Native people, ANHB continues to emphasize the importance of self-determination in healthcare services and encourages wellness and healthy ways of life in Native communities through policy change.
October 31, 2025
ANHB Hosts October 2025 CFO and Medicaid Task Force Meetings
On October 29 and 30, 2025, the Alaska Native Health Board held meetings with the Tribal Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and the Alaska Department of Health (DOH). During the Medicaid Task Force meeting with DOH, Tribal Health leadership and DOH discussed how to move forward meaningful progress on issues ranging across the Alaska Medicaid Program. DOH… MORE
September 23, 2025
ANHB Supports Senate Hearing on Indian Self-Determination and Self-Governance
The Alaska Native Health Board provided technical assistance for the September 17 Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA) oversight hearing titled: "Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Successes and Opportunities at the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service." ANHB President/CEO Alberta Unok supported Tanana Tribal Council Executive Director Victor Joseph who testified… MORE
August 21, 2025
ANHB Hosts Historic Mega Meeting in Anchorage
The Alaska Native Health Board (ANHB) hosted the August Mega Meeting in Anchorage on August 5-6, 2025, with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Senator Lisa Murkowski, and Senator Dan Sullivan all in attendance. The Alaska Tribal Health Directors used this time to emphasize the importance of Tribal health self-governance and to elevate… MORE