LATEST NEWS
Nome Berry Festival Announcement
Nome Berry Festival! Come join us to celebrate our summer season and harvests with the Annual Berry Festival, Saturday August 19, 2023 11am – 6pm at the Nome Recreation Center. There will be an opportunity for locals and visitors to admire and purchase [...]
Brownfield Success Story: Golovin Community Reuse Vision Planning
The Kawerak Brownfield program monitors and assists communities with identifying Brownfields in their community. A brownfield is a contaminated (or perceived to be contaminated) site that could be a hazard to the community as well as prevent the area from being utilized [...]
Trainee Highlight – Dallas Davis
We are proud to announce the recent graduation of Universal Technical Institute's Basic Welding Course, Dallas Davis! From September 2022 to June 2023 Dallas attended the 9 month certification course in Arizona, initially because he thought many of his friends were going. [...]
Partners Make It Possible – Building the Local Workforce
Kawerak works hard to bring training as local as possible for our tribal members, but a huge determination of our success is the partners we have in our region. We are grateful for organizations like Northwest Campus and Northern Industrial Training who [...]
RFP: Emergency Repairs Contractor – Pilgrim Hot Springs
Kawerak, Inc.’s Environmental Program seeks a licensed construction contractor (or repair and maintenance professional with related skills) to perform immediate, emergency repairs to the structures, in response to a recent weather event on site. Stabilization work to historic structures is also requested, [...]
Introducing our 2023 Interns!
We are grateful and excited to host this amazing group of young adults in Kawerak's Summer Internship Program! We look forward to watching them grow personally and professionally, as they make an impact through Kawerak services in the region. To learn more [...]
Kawerak Comments Regarding the ARTIST Act of 2023 and Proposed Amendments to the Indian Arts and Crafts Board Regulations
Letter Overview "There is a rich diversity in culture and language in our region, and the artwork that is created shares intimate aspects of each culture's history, skills, and traditions which have been passed down for thousands of years. Indigenous art not [...]
Kawerak Encourages Comments on Local Knowledge, Traditional Knowledge, and Subsistence (LKTKS) Protocol and Onramp Documents
The public is encouraged and able to submit Comments on Traditional Knowledge to the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (NPFMC). Comments can impact the inclusion of Traditional Knowledge in decisions about federal fisheries management, NPFMC engagement with Alaska Native people and their knowledge [...]
Brevig Mission Represents at Safety Bootcamp
April 10-14 2023 this Brevig Mission team of Sarah Henry, Thomas D Olanna, Polly Tocktoo and Rebecca Jones participated in the Safety Bootcamp course, provided by Northern Industrial Training (NIT) through partnership with Kawerak. The group completed courses in Flagging, Skid [...]
Regional Advocacy Strengthened with Kawerak’s NPFMC Testimony Workshop
From April 5-9, Kawerak, in partnership with the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the First Nations Development Institute, hosted a testimony drafting workshop for tribal members to testify before the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC). Attendees took part in a 5 [...]
Public Safety Building Renovations – Construction Manager/General Contractor Services
RFP TITLE: Public Safety Building Renovations in the Bering Straits Region of Alaska– Construction Manager/General Contractor Services DATE RFP ISSUED: April 17, 2023 Kawerak, Inc. is soliciting Request for Qualifications (RFQ) from interested, experienced and knowledgeable companies to provide Construction Manager/General Contractor [...]
