Kawerak Leadership Denounces Domestic Terrorist Attack
A special message from Kawerak Inc. President Melanie Bahnke: On behalf of Kawerak, Inc., I denounce the actions taken upon our nation’s capital by [...]
Shannon Named 2020 Environmental Leader
Please join us in congratulating Kawerak's Environmental Program Director, Anahma Shannon. She was recently awarded the 2020 Environmental Leader Award by the Alaska Tribal [...]
BLM Releases Resource Management Plan for millions of acres of land near Elim, Koyuk, Shaktoolik, Unalakleet, Saint Michael, and Stebbins
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the revised Resource Management Plan (RMP), for the Bering Sea Western Interior (BSWI) which will affect western Alaska [...]
Bahnke Receives 2020 Howard Rock Leadership Award
We are so proud to share that Kawerak President Melanie Bahnke was awarded First Alaskans Institute's prestigious Howard Rock Alaska Native Leadership Award for [...]
New Grant Makes Young Engineers
A recent four million dollar grant award project funded by the U.S. Department of Education will bring new opportunities for an estimated 2,680 Alaska [...]
Kawerak and BSNC nominate Loretta Bullard to co-chair AFN
Oct. 9, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kawerak and BSNC nominate Loretta Bullard to co-chair AFN (Nome, Alaska) –Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) and Kawerak, [...]
Kawerak, NSEDC and NSHC provide donation to City of Nome to expedite processing of sexual assault backlog cases
Kawerak has coordinated a $38,295 donation to the City of Nome alongside partners Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC) and Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation [...]
A Message from Our Head Start Director
September 11, 2020 Dear Parents, Welcome to the 2020-21 program year! We are very happy to have seasonal staff back to work and to [...]
Communities One Step Closer in Emergency Preparedness in COVID Pandemic
Kawerak's Emergency Preparedness Specialist Charlene Saclamana assists village communities in creating their SCERP- Small Community Emergency Response Plan. In completing these plans many communities [...]
Head Start Teachers Get Lessons in Language
Our Head Start staff recently virtually spent a week with Yaayuk Alvanna Stimpfle, EHP Director at Kawerak, learning native language teaching skills through Blackboard [...]