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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 [...]
Child Abuse Prevention Month 2023
April 1st starts the beginning of a month long recognition of our most valuable resource...kids! What better way to start the month than a kid's cornhole tournament! There will be many opportunities throughout the month to spend quality time as a family [...]
Kawerak Internship – Deadline Soon!
This week is the last week to get your internship application in! Kawerak’s 10 & 12 week paid internship program is available to Alaskan Native/Native Americans, who have completed their Junior/Senior year of High School, and/or who are pursuing higher education from [...]
Pilgrim Hot Springs Recruiting for Cultural Advisory Committee
Kawerak, Inc. is a co-managing owner of Pilgrim Hot Springs. On behalf of Unaatuq, LLC., Kawerak is working to assemble a Cultural Advisory Committee, comprised of people having a direct or indirect relationship with the Pilgrim Hot Springs mission. The committee meetings [...]
2023 Adult Drivers Education
Get ready, set, Drive! 2023 is your year to get licensed. Kawerak Short Term Regional Training Program has organized three sessions of Adult Drivers Education to assist adults with obtaining their standard drivers license. Adult Driver’s Education in Nome April 24-28, 2023 [...]
Graves of 1918-1919 Spanish Flu Victims Located
Graves of 1918-1919 Spanish Flu Victims Located Ground penetrating radar survey conducted at Pilgrim Hot Springs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 15, 2023 Nome, AK – Kawerak, Inc., on behalf of Unaatuq, LLC., in partnership with the National Park Service, Cornell University, and [...]
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 [...]
