At today’s annual meeting held in Selawik, NANA shareholders voted to elect seven directors to the NANA board for three-year terms: Nellie Sheldon (Ambler), Gary Hadley (Buckland), Bonita Barr (Deering), Lee “Big Boy” Staheli (Kiana), Myra Wesley (Kivalina), Pearl Gomez (Kobuk) and Lance Kramer (Kotzebue).…
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NRC Shareholder Trust Announces Spring 2023 Dividend Distribution
On March 7, 2023, during a special board meeting, the NANA Regional Corporation Inc. Board of Directors authorized a contribution to the NRC Shareholder Trust for the purpose of paying a spring dividend to Trust beneficiaries of $10.00 per share, for a total distribution for…
NANA Elders’ Settlement Trust Announces 2023 Distribution
The trustees of the NANA Elders’ Settlement Trust — or NEST — voted to issue a dividend of $1,500 per Elder for 2023. The dividend will be paid on or around Feb. 9, 2023. Elders who are NANA shareholders with voting rights and 65 or…
NANA Mourns the Passing of Oliver Aveogan Leavitt
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Oliver Aveogan Leavitt. He was one of our respected Iñupiaq relatives, a neighbor and friend to the NANA region, and one of the giants of Alaska. The results of his life remain. As an umialik…
NANA Awarded $68.5 Million Grant to Provide High-Speed Internet to Remote Alaska Villages
KOTZEBUE, Alaska, Nov. 17, 2022 – NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (NANA) has been awarded a $68.5 million broadband infrastructure deployment grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for the NANA Regional Broadband Network (NRBN) project. The four-year project will…
Kotzebue Informal Meeting Call-In Information
Shareholders can nominate and vote telephonically on Nov. 3. NANA and its board are committed to full and fair participation by all NANA shareholders in both the nomination and election process. Due to feedback the board received, which included lower-than-ideal attendance due to four funerals…
NANA Board Votes to Oppose Alaska State Constitutional Convention
The NANA Board of Directors recognizes that under the Alaska Constitution, it is a requirement that Alaskan voters decide whether to hold a constitutional convention every ten years. This year, that vote will be taken through Ballot Measure 1 in the November 8 general election. “We feel that…
NRC Shareholder Trust Announces Fall 2022 Dividend Distribution
On Oct. 19, 2022, the NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. Board of Directors authorized a contribution to the NRC Shareholder Trust for the purpose of paying a historic fall dividend to Trust beneficiaries of $20.00 per share, for a total distribution for dividends of approximately $35…
RE: National Strategy for the Arctic Region
Dear Secretary Blinken, We would like to thank you, your team and the participating representatives from the Department of Interior and the Office of Science and Technology for your time and efforts to produce the updated National Strategy for the Arctic Region. The Arctic is…
NANA Allocates $1.5M to Fund Northwest Arctic Borough School District Early Learning Programs
KOTZEBUE, Alaska, Oct. 11, 2022 – As of Oct. 1, NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (NANA) provided $1.5 million in pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) funding to the Northwest Arctic Borough School District (NWABSD), a decision made by the NANA Board of Directors in their Sept. 2 special board…
