Potential Threat to Rural Subsistence Priority
Dear residents of the Bering Strait region, Tribal Leaders, Alaska Native Corporation Leaders, In May 2025, the Safari Club International, a global recreational hunting, [...]
Congress passes 5-year extension to ANVLAP, awaiting President’s signature
The US Senate voted on Tuesday, December 16th to extend the deadline for Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans to apply for up to 160-acre [...]
Prioritizing Environmentally Healthy Communities
Kawerak’s Environmental Program has two exciting new projects rolling out to village communities, offering Tribes new opportunities to embrace healthy living. In 2022, The Mackenzie Scott Foundation awarded $8 million [...]
Foster Care Christmas Drive
Quyaana to all our past, present and future donors to the Kawerak Foster Care Christmas Drive! It's once again the season of giving! [...]
Lasting Connections with Kawerak’s 2022 Summer Internship
Kawerak’s summer internship program has officially ended earlier this month and we are grateful for the time and effort given to Kawerak programs by [...]
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 [...]
Stepping forward to fight ivory bans: Alaska Native people unite in nationwide campaign to protect Indigenous ways of life
Alaska Native people, and numerous local, state and national organizations with interests in protecting Indigenous cultures and traditions, have collaborated to launch the first [...]
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 [...]
Meet Our Newest VPSOs to the Region
Kawerak is proud to congratulate our three newest VPSOs on graduating from the 9 week long Department of Public Safety training academy in Sitka [...]
Former Scholarship Recipient Joins Kawerak as Program Director
Kawerak is excited to announce our new hire, Denali Whiting as the new Caleb Scholars Program Director! Denali has been highly involved in the [...]