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...
The Thomas and Cindy Massie Foundation has generously donated $150,000 to the Beringia Settlement Trust (BST) Scholarship Program. The BST Scholarship Program received an overwhelming number of qualified applicants for the next scholarship period and this donation will aid BST in providing scholarship support to students. “Cindy and Tom have demonstrated exceptional devotion to the...
During BSNC’s recent Board of Directors meeting, the Directors voted for the officers for the upcoming year. BSNC is pleased to announce the results of its 2020 Election of Board Officers as follows: Chairman: Henry Ivanoff Sr. Vice Chairman: Lee M. Ryan President: Gail (Anagick) Schubert Secretary: Cindy (Towarak) Massie Treasurer: Deborah “Debbie” J. Atuk...
Alaska Industrial Hardware (AIH) has purchased the formerly vacant Sam’s Club warehouse building located on Dimond Blvd. where it will open a retail storefront spring 2021. This space will also serve as the largest hardware and safety order fulfillment and replenishment center in Alaska, supplying high-quality equipment, tools, industrial materials, maintenance supplies and safety products...
Watch our year-end message from BSNC’s President & CEO, Gail R. Schubert.
BSNC thanks Homer E. Hoogendorn for his more than 30 years of service to BSNC as a Board Member and for his service from 2003-2017 as a valued employee with Bering Straits Development Corporation. Hoogendorn’s wisdom and leadership on the board helped forge the way for BSNC’s current success. Hoogendorn earned his Airframe and Powerplant certificate...
Unalakleet once proclaimed itself the garden capital of the state when gardens grown there in the 1920s and 1930s produced enough food to sell region-wide. Many credit Reverend Ernest B. (E.B.) Larsson who introduced many Unalakleet residents to agriculture in 1923. This gardening tradition was practiced up until the 1970s when larger gardens were being...
Dear Shareholders, I hope that each of you had a good summer and fall, spending time outdoors with family and engaging in subsistence activities in preparation for the coming winter season. During challenging times like these, it is important that we continue our cultural traditions and look out for each other. The year 2020 has taught us...
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalized its rules to allow nearly 2,000 Alaska Native veterans to apply for federal land allotments of up to 160 acres in the state under the 2019 Dingell Act. The program is open to all eligible Alaska Natives who served between Aug. 5, 1964, and Dec. 31, 1971, and it...
BSNC will publish 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. Dr. Christina Darby is a BSNC shareholder and sleep neurologist. “At the age of five I threw my arm around...
