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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 Tribal Consortium for the 20 federally recognized Tribes of the Bering Strait/Norton Sound region. Since Time Immemorial, the Inupiaq, [...]
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 April 6-10 for tribal members to learn how to testify so you can amplify the rural voice in [...]
Kawerak Board Offers Special Funding to Students Pursuing Aviation
Students pursuing their commercial pilot's license are in a great place to take advantage of limited time funds Kawerak's Board of Directors designated through specifically allocated CARES funds to try to address the pilot shortage in the Bering Strait Region. Kawerak’s Private [...]
RFP: Regional Recycling Center Project Development Manager
Regional Recycling Center Project Development Manager Kawerak, Inc.’s Environmental Program seeks a contractor to manage the development of a regional recycling center by working closely with partners, overseeing either the design and construction of a new facility or the renovation of an [...]
RFP – Reindeer Project Design Services and Construction Management Contract for Professional Services
Solicitation Notice Request for Proposals – Kawerak/Savoonga Reindeer Commercial Company Reindeer Project Design Services and Construction Management Contract for Professional Services Kawerak, Inc., (Kawerak) a tribal consortium and non-profit corporation in Nome, Alaska, is soliciting proposals for a person or entity to [...]
RFP: Pilgrim Hot Springs Master Plan
Kawerak, Inc.’s Environmental Program seeks a contractor to develop a site Master Plan for Pilgrim Hot Springs, on behalf of Unaatuq, LLC. Over the course of the 18-month project (approximately April 1, 2023, through July 31, 2024), the contractor will complete an [...]
Quarter 4, 2022 – Employees and Team of the Quarter
We are pleased to announce our award winners for Employees of the Quarter and Team of the Quarter for Quarter 4, October - December 2022! Employees of the Quarter Andrea Blanchette, CAC Clinician* Andrea has been doing many tasks in addition to [...]
Community Services Block Grant Hearing
UPDATED DATE: February 28 Do you have thoughts on how we can better support activities that assist low-income, unemployed, underemployed, homeless, and elderly families and individuals, through services that promote and lead to self-sufficiency? We welcome your thoughts and ideas! Join us [...]
Child Care Development Fund Hearing
An opportunity for your feedback! Do you have thoughts on how we can better support childcare services in our region? We welcome your thoughts and ideas! Join us February 24th in person in Nome at Kawerak's Ublugiaq Board Room from 4:30-6pm or [...]
2022 Employee of the Year and Matthew Iya
Employee of the Year Employee of the Year is selected out of the outstanding employees who were selected as Employee of the Quarter throughout the year. Nominations are collected each quarter for employees who did an outstanding job throughout the quarter, took [...]
Delayed SNAP/ATAP/State Assistance Applications
We have heard concerns, and have noted the crisis on the state backlog on public assistance programs. We would like tribal members to know there are options for assistance in this time of need. Our General Assistance Program can help families financially [...]
RFP: Seeking Contractor for Environmental Program – Brownfields
Kawerak, Inc.’s Environmental Program seeks a contractor to conduct a series of assessments, meetings, and plans for six sites within the Bering Strait Region. This project will provide the stepping stones needed to move these properties from contaminated to clean, and will [...]
