Gathering To Discuss Tribal Research
Kawerak’s Social Science Program hosted the Regional Tribal Research Priorities Gathering, January 26-29, in Nome. Over 50 Tribal Council representatives from the region’s Tribes [...]
Engaging Deeper in Fisheries to Protect Subsistence Salmon
Kawerak's Social Science Department has been expanding its work deeper into the world of fisheries and fisheries management with regard to meaningful tribal input [...]
Kawerak Comments on Board of Game Proposals 2025
On Monday March 3rd Kawerak submitted comments to the Alaska Board of Game proposals for 2025. Kawerak is committed to prioritizing and protecting subsistence [...]
Emission Reducing Projects Get a Boost in the Bering Strait
Recently, 16 tribes in the Bering Strait Region were each awarded a lump sum of money through the Volkswagen Diesel Emissions Environmental Mitigation Trust [...]
Kawerak Resolute Against Proposed ‘NETS’ Study
At their 2023 fall meeting, the Kawerak Board of Directors passed a resolution in opposition to the Northern Bering Sea Effects of Trawling Study [...]
RHA Annual Meeting
The Annual Reindeer Herders Association Meeting was held November 27-28 2023. Members gathered from across the RHA Communities (see kawerak.org/rha for the list of [...]
Improving ARCTIC Act Includes Wins for Reindeer Herders
Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced the Improving Agriculture, Research, Cultivation, Timber, and Indigenous Commodities (ARCTIC) Act, legislation that will strengthen a variety of Farm Bill [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]