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 the most pressing issues that the Alaska Tribal health system is seeing. During the Mega Meeting, ANHB members also engaged in productive dialogue with the leadership of the Indian Health Service (IHS), the Alaska Department of Health, and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).