Kawerak, Inc. and the Reindeer Herders Association Tribute – Honoring the Legacy of Tom Gray
Longtime reindeer herders in Northwest Alaska join our region and state in honoring the life of Tom Gray of White Mountain, who served for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bering Strait Region Receives Support Cushion Amidst SNAP Delay
The government shut down increased the strain on many households, and on November 1st, the delay of SNAP benefits created a food security issue [...]
Genocide Rhetoric Must Be Rejected By All
Genocide Rhetoric Must Be Rejected By All – Kawerak Inc.’s Response to Ann Coulter's Statement: "We Didn't Kill Enough Indians" As a Native organization [...]
Tribal Members from Kawerak region share powerful testimony at North Pacific Fishery Management Council
Photo: Testifiers' subsistence activities Salmon are a vital part of the food security, culture, and wellbeing in the Kawerak region. Salmon stocks continue to [...]
Groundbreaking Initiative and MOU Leads NEC and Kawerak to Team Up for Salmon
On October 16, a groundbreaking agreement was signed between U.S. Department of Interior agencies and Tribes and Tribal Organizations. The MOU formalizes a partnership between [...]
St Lawrence Island Aiming to Get Fiber Broadband Service
Kawerak's Tribal Affairs Program has recently taken to task the goal of assisting Tribes in the region to increasing the reliability, affordability and performance [...]