A former mayor of Kotzebue has been promoted to a top regional job within the National Park Service. Maija Katak Lukin has been selected to be the Native relations program manager for the Park Service’s Alaska region . She’s been superintendent of the Western Arctic Parklands since 2016, overseeing operations in 9 million acres that include Noatak National Preserve, Kobuk Valley National Park and the Cape Krusenstern National Monument. Lukin says a lot of her job involves working with tribes