BSNC shareholder and Nome resident Bernadette “Yaayuk” Alvanna-Stimpfle was recently elected as Chair of the Alaska Native Language Preservation and Advisory Council. The council advises Alaska’s governor and legislature on programs, policies and advocates for the survival and revitalization of Alaska Native languages. She has been a member of the board since its inception in 2012. Her...
BSNC and Unalakleet Native Corporation shareholder Cheryl McKay was elected President of the Anchorage Bar Association for 2022 and will serve as President-Elect in 2021. McKay has served on the Anchorage Bar Association Board of Directors since 2003 and specializes in corporate governance, business and Alaska Native and Federal Indian Law. She has managed two...
As a company owned by Alaska Native shareholders and dedicated to improving the lives and preserving the culture and heritage of our people, BSNC is deeply concerned about the disproportionate toll COVID-19 is taking on our Native communities, and particularly our cherished Elders. A little more than a century ago, the influenza pandemic of 1918...
The Shaktoolik Archaeology Project is an ongoing multiyear investigation of the archaeological record near the Native Village of Shaktoolik, undertaken by personnel and students of the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), in coordination with Shaktoolik Native Corporation. One study revealed that the inhabitants of this area developed sophisticated maritime practices as early as 500...
Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) is pleased to announce the promotion of shareholder Lucille Sands to Vice President of Shareholder Development. As Vice President of Shareholder Development, Sands works to align shareholder development with organizational goals and business needs, recruit shareholders and descendants for open positions, source qualified shareholders and provide ongoing review and metrics...
A Message from the President & CEO
March 18, 2021by Media
Dear Shareholders, Longer periods of daylight have thankfully returned to the Arctic and soon Spring will be upon us. As our people have done each Spring for hundreds of years, many will venture out to replenish food supplies with harvests of migratory birds, caribou, reindeer and sea mammals. Subsistence defines a major part of who...
BSNC is publishing a career pathways series to help 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 Laureli Ivanoff is a renowned, award-winning writer currently working and living full time in Unalakleet, Alaska,...
Acquiring supplies and groceries in rural Alaska has always been challenging and with COVID-19 travel restrictions, shopping has become even more difficult. BSNC shareholder Gertie Zitzelberger stepped up to the challenge of helping rural Alaskans meet their shopping needs by creating Rural Family Expediting Services. Born in Nome, raised in Unalakleet and currently living in...
Tribute to Former Board Director Louise Bauman
February 11, 2021by Media
BSNC mourns the passing of shareholder Louise L. Avessuk (Keller) Bauman of Nome, Alaska. Louise was proud to have served on BSNC’s Board of Directors for 15 years, actively involved from 1994 to 2009. She also served several years on the Board of Directors for Sitnasuak Native Corporation. She loved our land and enjoyed spending time...
The ANCSA Regional Association (ARA) and the Alaska Native Village Corporation Association (ANVCA) issued this statement following the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision to grant certiorari to the litigation related to CARES Act funds for Alaska Native people: The ANCSA Regional Association and the Alaska Native Village Corporation Association welcome the Supreme Court’s...
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BSNC is headquartered in Nome, has a business office in Anchorage and site locations and offices across the U.S.
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