Kawerak’s Position on ANCSA 17 (d) (1) Withdrawal EIS
BLM is considering opening 28 million acres of federally protected lands in Alaska lands to fossil fuel, mining and leasing. These lands are currently [...]
Policy Recommendations from Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee for the Department of the Interior
We would like to share, from the Department of the Interior’s first-ever Secretary's Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) a list of policy recommendations made from [...]
Kawerak Encourages Comments on Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge, and Subsistence (LKTKS) Protocol and Onramp Documents
The public is encouraged and able to submit Comments on Traditional Knowledge to the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (NPFMC). Comments can impact the inclusion [...]
Regional Advocacy Strengthened with Kawerak’s NPFMC Testimony Workshop
From April 5-9, Kawerak, in partnership with the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the First Nations Development Institute, hosted a testimony drafting workshop for [...]
Kawerak in Support of PROPOSAL 140 on Salmon Management
Kawerak is in support of PROPOSAL 140, 5 AAC 09.365. South Unimak and Shumagin Islands June Salmon Management Plan Kawerak is the Alaska Native non-profit [...]
Workshop to Advocate for Salmon
Do you want our rural communities to have a say in fisheries management issues? Then we need your voice! Kawerak is hosting a workshop [...]
Kawerak, Inc. signs groundbreaking cultural resources co-stewardship funding agreement
The Bureau of Land Management Alaska today announce the recent signing of a multi-year, self-governance funding agreement to transfer a portion of the BLM’s [...]
Advancing Advocacy Potential for Bering Strait Region Tribal Members
Indigenous voices need amplification as our home, the Arctic, faces unprecedented changes that are already having substantial impacts on the lands and waters where [...]
Young Hunters – Walrus Summit
Eskimo Walrus Commission (EWC) is convening a Young Hunters - Walrus Summit 2022 in Nome EWC is seeking a young hunter (ages 18-29) from [...]
Food-security threat with rapid salmon decline jeopardize our Indigenous cultures
Across Western and Interior Alaska, early summer is normally a joyful time of year, full of preparations for fishing and the anticipation of fresh [...]