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| 2024 | Mary Peltola was defeated in her re-election bid by Republican Nick Begich III. |
| 2024 | Peltola received an endorsement from the NRA during her reelection campaign, marking her as the only Democratic candidate for Congress to be endorsed by the NRA in that election cycle. |
| November 20 2024 | It was announced that Nick Begich III defeated Mary Peltola in the primary election, receiving 51.3% of the vote compared to Peltola's 48.7% after multiple rounds of voting. |
| August 2024 | Changed modeling agencies to The Society Model Management and Elite Models Worldwide. |
| August 20 2024 | The primary election was held, featuring Mary Peltola as a candidate competing against Republicans Nick Begich III and Nancy Dahlstrom, along with Alaskan Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe and Democratic candidate Eric Hafner. |
| May 8 2024 | Mary Peltola voted against the 'Equal Representation Act,' a proposed law that aimed to exclude noncitizens ineligible to vote from the population count used to determine the number of U.S. Representatives for each state. |
| 2023 |
Iñupiat
Ryan Redington won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, becoming the 2023 Champion and an ambassador of Alaska Native values and traditions.
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| 2023 | Eugene 'Buzzy' Peltola Jr., Mary Peltola's husband, died in 2023 after the plane he was flying crashed. |
| 2023 | Mary Peltola voted against H.Con.Res. 21, which called for the removal of U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days. |
| 2023 | Appeared in an episode of season 3 of Reservation Dogs, playing the younger version of the character Irene. |
| June 13 2023 | Mary Peltola voted with Republicans for H.J. Res. 44, a bill aimed at repealing the ATF's new regulations concerning pistol braces. |
| April 2023 | Peltola's chief of staff, Alex Ortiz, left her congressional office to take a position with her campaign in Southeast Alaska. |
| April 20 2023 | Mary Peltola voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which aimed to require individuals in competitive sports to compete based on their assigned sex rather than gender identity. She criticized the bill as 'bullying' and expressed concern about targeting the transgender community. |
| March 2023 | Named one of USA TODAY's Women of the Year for her advocacy of environmentalism, sustainability, women's rights, and Native American rights. |
| February 2023 | Mary Peltola announced that she had chosen Josh Revak, a former Republican state senator and competitor in the 2022 special election, to run her Alaska office. |
| February 9 2023 | Mary Peltola voted against a resolution condemning the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022, which allowed non-citizens to vote in local elections in the District of Columbia. |
| February 1 2023 | Mary Peltola voted against a resolution to end the COVID-19 national emergency. |
| January 31 2023 | Mary Peltola voted against the Freedom for Health Care Workers Act, which aimed to lift COVID-19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers. |
| 2022 |
Aleut language
The last native speaker of Copper Island Aleut died, rendering the language extinct.
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| 2022 | Sara Olsvig becomes the international chairperson, marking the latest leadership transition of the Inuit Circumpolar Council. |
| 2022 | Mary Peltola sought a full term in the 2022 general election, advancing to the general election in first place after receiving 36.8% of the votes in the primary. |
| 2022 | During the 2022 United States railroad labor dispute, Peltola voted against a bill that would impose a new contract on railroad workers, advocating for the inclusion of paid sick days in contracts. |
| 2022 | Mary Peltola was one of three candidates to advance to the ranked-choice voting runoff in the special election, being the only Democrat to do so. |
| 2022 | Ahead of the November 2022 election, Peltola announced endorsements from Don Young's daughters and several bipartisan political figures. |
| December 8 2022 | Mary Peltola voted in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act, which repealed the Defense of Marriage Act and mandated federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages. |
| November 23 2022 | Mary Peltola was declared the winner of the 2022 general election, defeating Sarah Palin with 55% of the ranked-choice vote after receiving just under 49% of the initial vote. |
| November 8 2022 | Mary Peltola won a full term in the U.S. House of Representatives, making her the first Alaska Native woman to be elected to a full term in Congress. |
| September 29 2022 | Mary Peltola passed her first bill through the House, which aimed to create an Office of Food Security in the Department of Veterans Affairs, with a significant bipartisan vote of 376–49. |
| September 13 2022 | Mary Peltola was sworn in as Alaska's U.S. representative, marking a historic moment as she became part of the first-ever group in Congress to include an Alaska Native and multiple Native Americans and a Native Hawaiian serving simultaneously. |
| August 16 2022 | Mary Peltola was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election, becoming the first Alaska Native woman to serve in Congress. |
| May 2022 | Wore a viral Navajo-inspired red carpet look at the Gilded Age-themed Met Gala, designed by Peter Dundas, Tabitha Simmons, Gucci Westman, and 2006 Miss Navajo Nation Jocelyn Billy-Upshaw. Walked her first runway at New York Fashion Week during the same week. |
| March 2021 |
Aleut language
Vera Timoshenko, the last native speaker of the Bering dialect of Aleut, dies at age 93 in Nikolskoye, Bering Island, Kamchatka.
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| 2020 | Mary Peltola served as a judge on the Orutsararmiut Native Council's tribal court until 2021. |
| 2020 | Selected for Teen Vogue's Top 21 under 21 list, highlighting her emerging prominence as a young Indigenous model and actress. |
| 2020 | Landed a job with Calvin Klein for their #ckone youth campaign and signed with IMG Models, initially working from Fairbanks, Alaska. |
| 2019 |
Iñupiat
The Iḷisaqativut language intensive program was held in Qikiqtaġruk (Kotzebue).
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| 2018 |
Iñupiat
The Iḷisaqativut language intensive program was held in Siqnasuaq (Nome).
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| 2017 |
Iñupiat
Iḷisaqativut, a grassroots two-week Iñupiaq language intensive program, began with its first gathering held in Utqiaġvik.
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| January 2 2017 | Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) opened a 202-bed patient housing facility connected by skybridge to ANMC, which included a Ronald McDonald House on the 6th floor, marking the first tribal partnership between Ronald McDonald House Charities and a tribal organization. |
| 2016 | Mary Peltola served as the executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. |
| 2015 | Mary Peltola worked as a lobbyist in Alaska until 2017. |
| September 8 2014 |
H.R. 3109
The bill passed the House of Representatives through a voice vote.
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| July 30 2014 |
H.R. 3109
House Committee on Natural Resources ordered a report on H.R. 3109, which would amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to allow Alaskan Natives to make and sell traditional handicrafts using migratory bird parts.
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| September 17 2013 |
H.R. 3109
H.R. 3109 was introduced into the United States House of Representatives by Rep. Don Young, a Republican from Alaska.
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| 2011 | Mary Peltola was elected to the Bethel City Council and served until her term ended in 2013. |
| 2010 | Mary Peltola helped run Lisa Murkowski's successful write-in campaign after Murkowski lost her party's primary. |
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