Resolution 2018-13: TWDS / Fee Agent Position in Tok

WHEREAS, Tok is a rural community that lacks jobs that families need to support their needs; and WHEREAS, Tok has clients on ASAP, but does not have the support or resources to get help in applications or signing off of mandatory paperwork that the TCC ASAP program requires; and WHEREAS, a new rural position will help fulfill the goal of …

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Resolution 2018-12: Establish a BIA General Assistance Program for the Native Community in Tok

WHEREAS, Tok Native Association (TNA) is a dually formed association made up of members of Upper Tanana Villages. All members are tribally enrolled in member villages: Tetlin, Northway, Eagle, Tanacross, Healy Lake, and Dot Lake; and WHEREAS, TNA has members that may benefit from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) general assistance program; and WHEREAS, this resolution will support the …

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Resolution 2018-11: Bringing Cell Phone Service to Tok-Alaska Border Highway Region

WHEREAS, the Alaskan Highway connects Canada to Alaska. Those who use the road include large commercial trucks, tourists, hunters, and local residents; and WHEREAS, from Canada to Tok, Alaska there currently lacks cell service and commuters have limited options to call for help in the event of an emergency which creates many safety issues for the area especially during times …

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Resolution 2018-10: Alaskan Tribal Communities Deserve Public Safety, Justice and Adequate Services

WHEREAS, Tanana Chiefs Conference advocates for safe communities across Alaska. Rural villages have often been left out of adequate law enforcement, judicial resources, and subsequent services for decades. With the state fiscal crisis, recently there has been a reduction in rural troopers, village public safety officers, prosecutors and state magistrates as well as funding to provide adequate health and mental health …

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Resolution 2018-09: Protection of the Indian Child Welfare Act and Implementing Regulations

WHEREAS, the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was enacted in 1978 in response to a crisis affecting American Indian and Alaska Native children, families, and tribes. Studies revealed that large numbers of Native children were being separated from their parents, extended families, and communities by state child welfare and private adoption agencies. In fact, research found that 25%–35% of all Native …

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Resolution 2018-08: Ensure ADF&G Advisory Committees Adequately Meet – Their Legal Requirements, Local Hunting and Fishing Needs; and ADF&G Tribal Consultation Policy

WHEREAS, tribal stewardship of fish and wildlife is essential to all Tribal communities in Alaska for food security, community well-being, and cultural identity; and WHEREAS, Lower Yukon Subregion (GASH) villages, Grayling, Holy Cross, Anvik and Shageluk are federally-recognized Tribal Governments located in Alaska Game Management Unit 21E; and WHEREAS, the GASH Tribes are part of the GASH Advisory Committee (GASH AC), the local …

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Resolution 2018-06: Oppose the Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Project / Road

WHEREAS, Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) is the regional tribal non-profit organization for the interior region, and represents 37 are federally recognized tribes and five Alaska Native associations, and as such, serves more than 13,000 Alaska Natives across 235,000 square miles; and WHEREAS, the duty of Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC), a tribally driven entity, is to provide human and social services to tribal …

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Resolution 2018-05: To Increase Client Appointments with Physicians at Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center (CAIHC)

WHEREAS, Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center (CAIHC) patient handbook states: Tanana Chiefs Conference Health Services seeks to deliver health care that is grounded in the diverse cultures and values of each community we serve. We will provide accessible patient-centered systems that promote safe, timely, effective, efficient and equitable care that is sustainable; and WHEREAS, the rural recipients of the CAIHC do not …

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Resolution 2018-04: Request for Assistance in Purchasing Native Land Allotments for Sale

WHEREAS, Congress Enacted the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to recognize and settle and settle the aboriginal claims of Alaska Natives to their traditional homelands by establishing Alaska Native Corporations to receive and manage settlement lands and funds; and WHEREAS, the future success of hunting and fishing activities by tribal members is dependent on the use of traditional lands; and WHEREAS, dozens …

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Resolution 2018-03: Feasibility Study For Lower Yukon Health Care

WHEREAS, Lower Yukon Subregion (GASH) villages, Grayling, Holy Cross, Anvik, and Shageluk receive health care services from the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC); and WHEREAS, the GASH villages have discussed their health care options: to keep their health care services with YKHC, to switch services to Southcentral Foundation, or to create their own regional super clinic; and WHEREAS, the GASH villages are seeking …

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