ANCSA regional corporation for the Bering Strait region (Nome area); Inupiat, Yupik, and St. Lawrence Island Yupik shareholders
110 Front St # 300, Nome, AK 99762, USA
Bering Straits Native Corporation acquired Alakaʻina's nine federal-contracting firms, growing past 4,000 employees — a bet on government work as awards to Native-owned 8(a) firms fall sharply in 2026.

Bering Straits Native Corporation promoted Nome shareholder Brittany Daletas to VP of operations — part of a broader effort by Alaska Native corporations to move shareholders into executive leadership.

Bering Straits Native Corporation shareholders face a June 30 Beringia Settlement Trust scholarship deadline, while Aleut Corporation shareholders and registered descendants have until July 31 to apply for two Aleut Foundation awards, including a $12,500 accounting scholarship.

Bering Straits Native Corporation placed 16 shareholder and descendant interns across its operations this summer — part of the ANC's workforce pipeline

Unalakleet playwright Kira Eckenweiler premiered The Bird Blind, an Iñupiaq village story of abuse and addiction, drawing on her own work in behavioral health and suicide prevention.
