Joaqlin Estus

Joaqlin Estus is a longtime journalist based in Anchorage, Alaska.

Growing Number of Indigenous People in US Are Becoming Climate Migrants

Climate change is forcing tribal citizens to choose between staying on ancestral lands or moving to protect themselves.

by: Dianna Hunt,; Joaqlin Estus &; Richard Arlin Walker,; Indian Country Today

October 31, 2021

Alaskan tribes said, “[F]ull exemption for development activities would forever harm our homelands.”

September 26, 2020

While voting by mail is critical, it’s not a viable option for some Native American communities.

September 12, 2020

Alaska has 229 federally recognized tribes. A bill in the state legislature would obligate Alaska to recognize them too.

February 16, 2020

The Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments will be opened for grazing, mining and fossil fuel development.

February 7, 2020

The court heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of Alaska’s energy policy promoting development of oil and gas.

October 12, 2019

The massive Pebble Mine project is back in play after Alaska’s governor met with President Donald Trump.

September 1, 2019