Alaska Native Corporations
RSSAlaska Native Corporations are the regional and village for-profit corporations formed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). They are also called ANCSA corporations and govern shareholder dividends, board elections and federal contracts across Alaska's regions and villages.
Aleut Corporation shareholders return all three incumbent directors over six challengers
Aleut Corporation shareholders reelected all three incumbent directors Saturday over six challengers at the annual meeting in Bellevue, Washington.
by Walter AlaskaNews12h ago2 min read
Chugach shareholders return former CEO Kompkoff to the board and reelect two directors
Chugach Alaska shareholders returned former CEO Gabriel Kompkoff to the board and reelected Violet Yeaton and Connie Hedrick at Saturday's annual meeting.
by Walter AlaskaNews3d ago2 min read
NovaGold sets Nov. 3 vote on owning all of Donlin; filing details a dropped three-way deal
Shareholders vote Nov. 3 on putting all of Donlin Gold under one company, nearly 40% owned by Paulson's firm. The filing details a 3-way deal that fell apart.
by Walter AlaskaNews4d ago4 min read
Doyon takes applications to fill board seat Geri Simon left to lead the Doyon Foundation
Doyon is taking applications through Nov. 9 from voting shareholders who want the board seat Geri Simon left in September to lead the Doyon Foundation.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Chugach backed USS Ted Stevens commissioning and worked on its cybersecurity
Chugach Alaska Corporation sponsored the USS Ted Stevens commissioning and its federal services arm helped modernize the destroyer's cybersecurity before the Navy commissioned it in October.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Goldbelt earns Pentagon cyber certification as Pentagon pauses its next phase
Juneau's Goldbelt earned a Pentagon cybersecurity certification for defense contractors, just as the Pentagon put the program's next phase on hold.
by Melinda Communities.News1w ago2 min read
Bering Straits Native Corporation shareholders elect three directors, reelect two
Bering Straits Native Corporation shareholders elected three directors and reelected the board chair and vice chair. The board will fill a fourth seat.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
BBNC shareholders reelect two directors, add two new board members
Bristol Bay Native Corporation shareholders reelected Russell Nelson and DeeDee Bennis and added Eric Shade and Raina Thiele to the board Oct. 3.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago1 min read
Bering Straits Native Corporation honors 14 Elders of the Year from across the region
BSNC named 14 Elders of the Year, from a 90-year-old Little Diomede postal pioneer to a Golovin man who brought ancestors home from the Smithsonian.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read
Eklutna begins clearing five acres it bought beside Chin'an gaming hall
Eklutna is clearing five acres it bought next to Chin'an gaming hall, outside the approved gaming site. Public records don't say what's planned there.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Koniag shareholders to meet in Anchorage with three board seats up
Koniag shareholders vote on three board seats Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Dena'ina Civic Center in Anchorage, with livestream available online.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Koniag to pay $1,200 Elder Benefit to original shareholders 62 and older Oct. 9
Koniag will pay $1,200 to original shareholders 62 and older on Oct. 9, its fall Elder Benefit. The benefit began in 2018; a spring payment was added in 2024.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Sealaska sells European seafood business to Japan's Sojitz, says sale will help expand shareholder programs
Sealaska sold its European seafood business to Japan's Sojitz and says the sale will help it expand shareholder programs. Neither side disclosed the price.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Olgoonik Corporation approves elder distribution for original shareholders 60 and older
Olgoonik elders who were original shareholders: confirm your address and payment details before Oct. 9 to receive this year's elder distribution.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Nine candidates are running for three Aleut Corporation board seats
Nine candidates are running for three Aleut Corporation board seats, and the early proxy deadline is 5 pm Wednesday. Final deadline is Oct. 14.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min read
The Indian Health Service is paying an Alaska firm to clear a coding backlog
An uncoded clinic visit is an unbilled one, and unbilled means money the clinic never sees. IHS is paying an Anchorage firm to help catch up.
by Melinda Communities.News3w ago1 min read
Alaska contracts tagged with the anti-DEI clause go almost entirely to Native corporation firms
Nearly all Alaska contract dollars carrying Trump's anti-DEI clause went to Native corporations. No agency has said if the clause covers Native preferences.
by Walter AlaskaNews4w ago3 min read
House subcommittee hears testimony on conveying 21,578 Denali acres to Doyon
Doyon selected a sacred rock formation in Denali as its own in 1978. Forty-eight years later, Congress is still deciding whether to hand it over.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A Doyon director steps off the board to lead its scholarship foundation
Geri Simon stepped down from the board of Doyon, Limited — Alaska's largest private landowner — to lead its scholarship foundation, leaving a seat to fill.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
An Anchorage firm staffs the State Department's internal watchdog
An Anchorage company owned by the Kodiak regional corporation holds a contract worth up to $75 million to staff the State Department's internal watchdog.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
BBNC shareholders have until Sept. 30 to return proxies
BBNC shareholders must complete an education and employment survey by Oct. 9 to help the corporation track job and training prospects.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
BBNC Dillingham IT apprenticeship applications close Friday
BBNC is hiring one IT apprentice in Dillingham, applications close Friday, Sept. 4. The one-year role includes CompTIA certifications and requires BBNC or Choggiung shareholder status.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Bristol Bay Native Corporation is taking pitches for its December leadership forum
Bristol Bay Native Corporation is taking pitches through Oct. 2 for its December leadership forum — a corporate-led gathering, and not the region's only one.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Doyon shareholders have until Oct. 5 to apply for four open board seats
Doyon Limited shareholders must apply by Oct. 5 for four board seats up for election at the March 2027 annual meeting.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Trust land near Control Lake would become a store, laundromat and fuel stop. Comments close Oct. 9.
Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office approved a negotiated sale of Control Lake land on Prince of Wales Island, skipping competitive bidding.
by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read
SSA awards Anchorage's Koniag IT Systems $2 million for print work in Durham and Baltimore
A Koniag subsidiary in Anchorage will print and mail Social Security cards for the next year, under two federal contracts worth about $2.06 million.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
ICE is paying an Anchorage company to wire the 11th floor of a building in Washington
ICE is paying an Anchorage company $31,049 to wire the 11th floor of a federal building in Washington, D.C.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Two Bering Straits directors retire. One seat goes to shareholders, one to the board.
Two Bering Straits Native Corporation directors are retiring, but shareholders will only vote on one replacement seat because the other will be filled by board appointment under company bylaws.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A Fairbanks firm runs Boston's Moakley Courthouse under a $31.6 million agreement
A company owned by four villages on the Koyukuk River keeps a Boston federal courthouse running, gulls on the roof included. It just added a water station.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
Bering Straits shareholders will get $13.50 a share, its highest regular payout
Bering Straits Native Corporation shareholders will receive $13.50 per share this fall, the highest regular payout on record, with an extra $1,600 for eligible elders.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Ahtna closes Cantwell-area lands to the public for moose season
Ahtna, Incorporated closed its private lands near Cantwell to all public hunting and camping during moose season, though state-regulated hunting continues on public lands in the area.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
NANA opens the Hunter Building with five subsidiaries under one roof
NANA opens the Hunter Building in Anchorage on Friday, bringing five subsidiaries under one roof. They will cut a length of qupak instead of a ribbon.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
Koniag takes board candidates to nine communities before proxy voting closes
Koniag will take board candidates to nine communities in September, six on Kodiak Island and three outside the region. Proxy voting closes Sept. 30.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
FAA awards $79,899 to Palmer-based Port Graham Development Corporation for Cleveland radar power work
A company owned by the tiny Alutiiq village of Port Graham won a federal contract to keep an air-traffic radar's backup power running in Cleveland, Ohio.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
Tlingit & Haida moves to expand its printing business into a historic Juneau building
Tlingit & Haida is seeking up to $375,000 to expand its tribally owned printing business and move it into a historic Juneau building it recently bought.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
Bering Straits firm wins environmental work at four Air Force bases
An Anchorage firm owned by Norton Sound shareholders will run environmental compliance at four Air Force bases, two of them nuclear-mission installations.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
Koniag shareholders get nine chances to question their corporation's leadership in person
Koniag shareholders get nine chances this month to question their leadership in person, from the Kodiak Archipelago to Seattle, Portland and Soldotna.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Koniag subsidiary lands State Department writer work, up to $1.6 million
Koniag Professional Services won a State Department contract worth up to $1.6 million to staff a writer and editor position, though the job is based in Virginia, not Alaska.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Ouzinkie village corporation wins courthouse contracts in Florida
A village corporation from a 110-person Alutiiq island is fixing courthouse restrooms in Florida. One of the five awards bought only a new contract number.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
SBA rule drops 8(a) disadvantage presumption for individual owners, leaves Native corporations untouched
Alaska Native corporation-owned firms keep federal 8(a) contracting eligibility unchanged, but individual applicants must now prove disadvantage starting Sept. 10.
by Alaska News2mo ago3 min read