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Apatikis Document Sewing Traditions with Newly-Released Curriculum
Preserving Traditions, Increasing Cultural Education, and the Art Economy Skills such as skin sewing were essential to the survival of our ancestors. In the past, these traditions were passed down from generation to generation inside a tent by a seal oil lamp, [...]
New Port of Nome Modification Feasibility Study Posted
Kawerak encourages the public to comment on the Port of Nome Modification Feasibility Study released by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. A link to the study are below and are listed on Kawerak’s Marine Program webpage. Comments are due by January 30, [...]
Bering Strait Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Published
The Bering Strait Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy: 2019-2024 (CEDS) is the result of a continuous planning process at the local and regional level in the Nome Census Area of Northwestern Alaska. The goal of this process is to provide for sustainable and [...]
Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee Act – Kawerak Comments
On December 20, 2019 Kawerak Inc. released the following letter in response to the Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee Act, S.2786. RE: Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee Act, S.2786 Dear Senator Murkowski, Happy holidays and thank you for your service to Alaska. [...]
Harmful Algae Bloom Fact Poster
Partners from the Alaska Sea Grant, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Alaska HAB Network, Alaska Ocean Observing System, NOAA and North Slope Borough worked together on developing a poster/informative fact sheet about the presence of Alexandrium Algae, Saxitoxin and its affect on the [...]
Bering Strait 5 Year Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy – Seeking Public Comment
The Bering Strait Development Council/ARDOR has drafted our new 5-year Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). This document contains our most current regional community profiles, and Local Economic Development Economic Plans (LEDP) and priority projects, as well as a list of regional priorities. These regional priorities and [...]
Diomede Tribal Coordinator Earns Tribal Administrator of the Year
Frances Ozenna, our Tribal Coordinator from Diomede was nominated and selected as the Tribal Administrator of the year in 2018 with Alaska Tribal Administrator Association (ATAA). A film crew came up in October and went out to Diomede to get her story. [...]
Learning about energy solutions for tribal communities: National Tribal Energy Summit
If you could take energy from the wind turbines in your community and heat up your house for little to no cost, would you try it? If you could re-structure your local utility to make sure all customers are getting the best [...]
Kawerak Gives Early Christmas Present to Students
At the Student Appreciation Gathering on October 16th at the Fairbanks Event Center and Lounge, Kawerak staff announced that they will be giving all 123 current scholarship students an additional $750 to help with end of semester costs. Forty (40) students came [...]
Article Published on Vessel Waste Streams in Bering Sea
Marine Advocate Austin Ahmasuk contributed to the recently published article "Quantifying and mitigating three major vessel waste streams in the northern Bering Sea". The article highlights: Vessel traffic in the northern Bering Sea is diverse and increasing Alaska Natives are concerned over [...]
More Classrooms to Celebrate at Nome Head Start!
The Tutit Ininat Child Development Center was officially reopened when Casey Ford cut the red ribbon with Kawerak Board Chairman Frank Katchatag at the Grand Reopening Ceremony on September 23. Casey was appropriately chosen as the student to cut the ribbon as [...]
Inaugural Tribal Justice Summit in Bering Strait
The inaugural Tribal Justice Summit will be held September 30-October 3rd 2019 in Nome Alaska at the Mini Convention Center. The summit is hosted by Kawerak Inc, with the intention of bringing members from communities across the Bering Strait Region together to [...]
