BSNC Elder shareholder and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer John Tetpon’s life has been an incredible and unique journey from a childhood in our region to travels across Alaska and the Lower 48. We asked John to share some of his memories here, in his own words: I was tempted. I wanted to suggest a little humor...
BSNC and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) eCampus have a new partnership to encourage BSNC shareholders, descendants and employees to upskill, begin or complete their college degrees – online. BSNC shareholders, descendants and employees will receive a 10% discount on all courses offered through UAF eCampus. UAF eCampus has been a national leader in...
Former Chair and longtime BSNC director Lee Ryan announced at the December meeting of the BSNC Board of Directors that he was resigning from the BSNC Board to devote his full-time attention to the further growth and development of Ryan Air, recently acquired by Saltchuk. “My role as President of Ryan Air requires a greater...
BSNC seeks shareholders interested in filling a vacant seat on the BSNC Board of Directors. The board will consider an appointment to this seat at a meeting to be held in February 2023. In accordance with the corporate bylaws, the individual appointed to fill the vacancy will serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in...
BSNC’s Career Pathways Series helps showcase jobs held by successful shareholders and descendants. This series aims to raise awareness of these career options and the essential skills needed to succeed in these positions. BSNC shareholder Jenna L. Krohn joined BSNC as corporate counsel in 2021. In 2013, Krohn graduated from the University of Alaska with a...
Shareholder Richard Atuk was one of BSNC’s first employees. Today, he is involved with Kingikmiut Singers and Dancers of Anchorage and Kissaq Kingikmiurguqtuat dialect language revitalization efforts. “When we start speaking about language, we start speaking about history and culture,” said Atuk. “In the Lower 48, colonization was about taking land. In Alaska, as well...
The Peabody Museum at Harvard stewards a collection of hair samples from Indigenous people around the world assembled by anthropologist George Edward Woodbury in the 1930s and donated to the Museum. The vast majority are from North America, including clippings of hair from approximately 700 Native American children attending U.S. Indian Boarding Schools. Many of...
Fall 2022 Dear Shareholders, I hope everyone had a productive summer and fall fishing, hunting, and harvesting berries and greens in preparation for winter. As we continue to respond to the wreckage left by Typhoon Merbok and prepare for the winter ahead, we are immensely thankful that no lives were lost. While the storm was...
BSNC’s media and communications team, with Yuit Communications, was honored to receive the third place Aurora award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from the Public Relations Society of America – Alaska Chapter. Our 2022 Get Out the Native Vote campaign aimed to mobilize Alaska Native and American Indian voters. “Our team was honored to receive...
BSNC recently donated $250,000 to the Nome Community Center for the HomePlate Nome Apartments. The HomePlate project will include 15 studio apartments built for single occupancy, and an onsite unit for the property manager. The Project is designed to provide a path toward housing permanency for Nome’s most vulnerable, chronically homeless population. The apartments will...
