Ku.seen Jacqueline Pata, left, first vice president of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, and longtime tribal President Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Two Coppers Casino on July 1, 2026. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Independent)

The top vice president is seeking to replace the longtime president of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska during its tribal assembly…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...