INVESTIGATION ONGOING – Measures in Place to Ensure Public Safety
INVESTIGATION ONGOING – Measures in Place to Ensure Public Safety Kawerak is aware of recent interest on social media and with the press regarding [...]
Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area Restored – Tribal Organizations Express Gratitude
One of the first executive actions of President Biden after he assumed the presidential office included the restoration of the Northern Bering Sea Climate [...]
BLM Issues Final Hour Decision Threatening Subsistence Lands – Kawerak Continues to Pursue Protections
January 19th the BLM released a full Record of Decision officially denying protest submitted for the Bering Sea Western Interior Resource Management plan. Both [...]
NOTICE: WINTER USE AT PILGRIM HOT SPRINGS
January 19, 2021 Public Service Announcement NOTICE: WINTER USE AT PILGRIM HOT SPRINGS To current & future permit holders for Unaatuq, LLC and Pilgrim Hot [...]
Kawerak Leadership Denounces Domestic Terrorist Attack
A special message from Kawerak Inc. President Melanie Bahnke: On behalf of Kawerak, Inc., I denounce the actions taken upon our nation’s capital by [...]
BLM Releases Resource Management Plan for millions of acres of land near Elim, Koyuk, Shaktoolik, Unalakleet, Saint Michael, and Stebbins
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the revised Resource Management Plan (RMP), for the Bering Sea Western Interior (BSWI) which will affect western Alaska [...]
Bahnke Receives 2020 Howard Rock Leadership Award
We are so proud to share that Kawerak President Melanie Bahnke was awarded First Alaskans Institute's prestigious Howard Rock Alaska Native Leadership Award for [...]
New Grant Makes Young Engineers
A recent four million dollar grant award project funded by the U.S. Department of Education will bring new opportunities for an estimated 2,680 Alaska [...]
Kawerak and BSNC nominate Loretta Bullard to co-chair AFN
Oct. 9, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kawerak and BSNC nominate Loretta Bullard to co-chair AFN (Nome, Alaska) –Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) and Kawerak, [...]
Kawerak, NSEDC and NSHC provide donation to City of Nome to expedite processing of sexual assault backlog cases
Kawerak has coordinated a $38,295 donation to the City of Nome alongside partners Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC) and Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation [...]