Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) is the tribal nonprofit serving Alaska Native and American Indian people in the Cook Inlet region. It runs workforce training, education, family wellness and youth programs, plus heating assistance from its Anchorage campus.
3600 San Jeronimo Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
Cook Inlet Tribal Council offers career skills classes toward certification
Cook Inlet Tribal Council is offering Time Management and Decision Making classes that count toward its ARCTIC Workforce Certification. The classes are open to anyone registered with CITC.
by Maggie AlaskaNews23h ago2 min read
Cook Inlet Tribal Council seeks builder for $36.5 million east Anchorage center
Cook Inlet Tribal Council wants proposals by Nov. 16 for the $36.5 million K'teya Cultural Center in east Anchorage. The solicitation cites federal rules but does not name a funding source, and its cost estimate prices a larger building than the one described.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Cook Inlet Tribal Council gets $262,483 federal grant for Anchorage parenting program
Cook Inlet Tribal Council has a federal child abuse prevention grant, with $262,483 obligated so far, to expand its 20-year-old Parent's Journey program. Its application says Native children are 66% of Anchorage out-of-home care cases but about 19% of the city's children.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Alaska Native tribes begin five-year youth suicide prevention programs
Ten Alaska Native tribes and tribal health organizations will begin five-year youth suicide prevention programs Sept. 30 with about $4.1 million in federal grants.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3w ago2 min read
Cook Inlet Tribal Council runs free career classes toward certification
Free 90-minute career classes run weekly at Cook Inlet Tribal Council, 3600 San Jeronimo Drive in Anchorage, each counting toward its ARCTIC Workforce Certification. Developing a Leadership Mindset repeats at noon Sept. 22 and Sept. 29.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A young weaver 3D-printed his own form to make a cedar bark hat
Cook Inlet Tribal Council profiled Jeremiah Johnson, a Bartlett High School graduate who moved from Denełchin Lab participant to intern and then to a summer internship at the Alaska Dinner Factory through CITC's Youth Services program.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Three Alaska Native groups demand answers on rural election staffing before Tuesday's primary
AFN, Cook Inlet Tribal Council and First Alaskans Institute issued eight demands Monday, a day before the Aug. 18 primary, citing rural election-worker vacancies, per diem unpaid for months, and a Nome early-vote office they say did not open Saturday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read
A Muldoon pot shop passed city rules, but a tribal youth program cites stricter state rules
A proposed Muldoon Road marijuana store cleared Anchorage's separation rules, but Cook Inlet Tribal Council says a stricter state youth-center buffer should block it, as the Assembly weighs the permit.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
41.3 million for Alaska Native education is freed up after a month's delay
Fifteen Alaska organizations will share $41.3 million in Alaska Native Education Program continuation awards, spread across 26 grants. The U.S. Department of Education obligated the money Wednesday, about a month after the July 1 date it was expected, after Sen. Lisa Murkowski raised the delay with Secretary Linda McMahon.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly recognizes four Eklutna youth interns for Elders meal program
The Anchorage Assembly passed AR No. 2026-220 on Tuesday recognizing four Native Village of Eklutna Rural Youth Services interns who built an Elders Freezer Meal program, repaired village sites, and are preparing to seat a planned Eklutna Youth Council.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Cook Inlet Tribal Council wants input on next winter's heating help
Cook Inlet Tribal Council is accepting public comment through Aug. 24 on its draft FY2027 plan for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps cover heating costs.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Murkowski, Schatz introduce $800M bill for Native children and families
Senators Lisa Murkowski and Brian Schatz introduced S.4976 on Friday, proposing over $800 million for Native children's health, education, housing, and welfare, with nearly $500 million available through immediate tribal set-asides upon passage.
by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago3 min read
Cook Inlet Tribal Council opens four-week communication workshop
Cook Inlet Tribal Council is offering a four-week Monday-afternoon workshop series that blends Western communication theory with Alaska Native cultural values. The sessions start June 8 at the tribal council's Anchorage facility.
by Alaska News4mo ago1 min read