Celebrating Our Unity
The Alaska Federation of Natives Convention serves as the principal forum and voice for the Alaska Native community in addressing critical issues of public policy and government. The convention convenes thousands of official delegates and participants from membership organizations across the state.
At the Convention, delegates discuss strategic opportunities and challenges, listen to memorable keynote speeches, hear reports from political leaders and presentations from expert panels, and share stories resilience, experiences, strengths, knowledge and hope for the future.
The resolutions passed by the voting delegates set the priorities for the year and guide AFN’s efforts. The Convention is the largest representative annual gathering in the United States of Native peoples.
The 2022 Annual AFN Convention will meet in-person for the first time in two years.
The 2022 Convention theme is "Celebrating Our Unity," honors the unity among our communities, families, and organizations of working together in taking on the challenges of today and those that lay ahead.