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Bering Straits Native Corporation board appoints Shaktoolik teacher to vacant seat
The Bering Straits Native Corporation board appointed Silas Paniptchuk of Shaktoolik to its vacant seat at a special meeting Oct. 27, choosing him from 35 applicants, the corporation announced.
Paniptchuk replaces Eugene Asicksik, also of Shaktoolik, who retired with a year left in his term. Shareholders did not vote on the seat. Under BSNC's bylaws, the board appoints a shareholder to finish a vacated term, and Paniptchuk will serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders, when the seat goes back on the ballot.
The other director who retired this year, Tony A. Weyiouanna Sr., left as his term ended, so his seat went to shareholders in the Oct. 3 election.
Any voting shareholder 18 or older could apply for Asicksik's seat from Oct. 5 to Oct. 23 by sending a letter of interest, a resume and a conflict-of-interest questionnaire, according to the corporation's vacancy notice. BSNC's announcement does not name the other 34 applicants or say how the board voted.
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About Shaktoolik
Shaktoolik, also called Saktuliq, is a village on a barrier-island spit in the Norton Sound region, in the Nome Census Area. Its spit leaves it exposed to Bering Sea storms and coastal erosion, and it belongs to the Bering Straits Native Corporation region alongside Unalakleet, St. Michael and Stebbins.
Residents rely on Norton Sound salmon, both for subsistence and in the commercial fishery. Recurring questions are how the state manages weak king salmon runs, including closures to sport fishing and limits on subsistence beach seines, and whether enough coho return to allow commercial openings when counting projects are not running.
Shaktoolik shares those fishing rules with Unalakleet, its neighbor on the sound, and its people take part in the affairs of the Bering Straits Native Corporation, the regional corporation.