Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) is the Alaska Native regional corporation for the Bering Strait region. It serves Inupiat, Yupik and St. Lawrence Island Yupik shareholders under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) from its headquarters in Nome.
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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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