Calista Corporation is the Alaska Native regional corporation for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of southwest Alaska. It is owned by Yup'ik, Cup'ik, and Athabascan shareholders and advances Donlin Gold mining, broadband expansion, and workforce and cultural programs for Delta villages.
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Calista pays to extend local Typhoon Halong recovery jobs after state funding runs out
Calista Corporation's board committed company money to keep local residents working on Typhoon Halong recovery after state funding ran out this fall, Calista President and CEO Andrew Guy wrote in a message published Thursday.
Calista is the Alaska Native regional corporation for the Yukon-Kuskokwim region. The money kept people from storm-damaged communities on the job longer than they otherwise would have been, Guy wrote.
Calista Brice construction subsidiaries employed nearly 100 community members, including 81 Calista shareholders and descendants. They removed debris, repaired boardwalks and did electrical, plumbing and mechanical work. Together they worked nearly 62,000 hours and earned more than $4.3 million in wages.
Those figures come from Calista's own account in Storyknife, its shareholder newsletter. Guy didn't say how much the board committed, how much of that work it paid for or how long the extra work will last.
"This disaster is deeply personal to Calista," Guy wrote. Many of the company's friends, family members and coworkers are storm survivors, he said.
The remnants of the typhoon hit western Alaska on Oct. 11 and 12, 2025. In an earlier Calista publication, a Brice Inc. project manager called Kipnuk the hardest-hit village and said Kwigillingok also lost many homes, community buildings and critical infrastructure.
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About Calista Corporation
Photo by NPS Alaska Region, via Flickr · Photo source · Public domain
calistacorp.com ↗5015 Business Park Blvd Suite 3000, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA
Calista Corporation is the Alaska Native regional corporation for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta of southwest Alaska, created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. It is owned by Yup'ik, Cup'ik and Athabascan shareholders and is based in Anchorage.
The corporation pays distributions to its shareholders and has voted to enroll descendants, growing its shareholder rolls well beyond the original count. Its land holds the Donlin gold deposit near Crooked Creek, a proposed large mine that many hope could become another Red Dog for Native corporations while tribes in the region oppose it.
Calista also works to bring hardwired broadband to roadless Delta villages such as Kwethluk, Napakiak and Akiachak. Its nonprofit arm, Calista Education and Culture, runs workforce internships and cultural programs for young adults in the region's villages.