2022 Bering Strait Community Needs Assessment Published
This 2022 Bering Strait Community Needs Assessment describes and analyzes strengths, challenges, and needs among communities in the Kawerak Service Area. The report includes: [...]
Justice Prevails Through Alaska Supreme Court Ruling on Political Gerrymandering
Kawerak applauds the Alaska Supreme Court for upholding the equal protection clause of the Alaska State Constitution, as well as Kawerak President Melanie Bahnke [...]
Kawerak, Inc. Receives $8 Million in Unrestricted Donation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 25, 2022 Kawerak, Inc. Receives $8 Million in Unrestricted Donation The Mackenzie Scott Foundation is donating $8 million dollars [...]
Kawerak Stands for a Peaceful Arctic
Kawerak, Inc. would like to echo sentiments made by the Inuit Circumpolar Council and other Arctic organizations in the desire for a peaceful Arctic. [...]
ICC and Kawerak, Inc Publication on Co-Production of Knowledge
PRESS RELEASE: ICC and Kawerak, Inc Publication on Co-Production of Knowledge March 24, 2022 Anchorage, Alaska – The Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska and Kawerak, Inc. [...]
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 [...]
Tribes and Tribal Organizations Call on Secretary of Commerce to Reduce Salmon Bycatch in 2022 Bering Sea Pollock Fishery
December 21, 2021 Today, Kawerak, Inc., the Association of Village Council Presidents, the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island, the Bering Sea Elders Group, [...]
Kawerak Christmas Drive
Quyaana to all our past, present and future donors to the Kawerak Foster Care Christmas Drive! This year we are running our Christmas Drive [...]
Collective Action for Western Salmon Now
“Collective Action for Western Alaska Salmon Now” Kawerak Inc., Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission & Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission This past summer, fish racks, [...]
Pilgrim Hot Springs Receives Funding for Regional Locally Grown Food Distribution Plan
Kawerak, Inc. received a $31,958.00 grant from the First Nations Development Institute of Longmont, Colorado. This award will support the efforts of Kawerak as a [...]