LATEST NEWS
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 [...]
Climate Change Letter to Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Kawerak was requested to submit our views regarding the impact of climate change on the Bering Strait Region communities. As the National Climate Assessment confirmed, climate change is having a disproportionate impact in our region. Kawerak composed the following letter to the [...]
Public Hearing
Please join us to comment on Kawerak's application for the Community Services Block Grant Program for FY 2020. Your Feedback Matters. The goal of the grant will be to support activities that assist low-income, unemployed, underemployed, homeless, and elderly families and individuals, through [...]
Krystal Hensley Earns Certificate to Enhance Nome’s Head Start Leadership
One of 38 graduates accepting their certification for completion fo the UCLA Head Start Management Fellows Program was Kawerak's Krystal Hensley, Head Start's Child Development Program Manager. We are grateful she took the initiative to complete this program to bring new skills [...]
History Breathes Life into Future Generations
As the driftwood fire burns hotter and hotter, the group edges their handbuilt clay pots closer to the coals. A few steps away, a pair of teens gather beach greens to put the finishing touches on their model driftwood Qaġzri (sod gathering [...]
