Posts specifically from or for the Council Newsletter
The village of Hughes was able to run its grid on strictly solar power for a five-hour span of time last month. On Tuesday, April 18th, from 2:30 PM to 7:50 PM the town of Hughes was silent. The ever present rumbling of the diesel generators that provide light and power to the community was absent and no exhaust was …
The Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (YRITFC) held a quorum for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic. The YRITFC is comprised of 28 villages along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers who work together to develop recommendations for fishery management, and to develop positions on other relevant fisheries issues for the upcoming season and in the fall post-season. This …
Emerging Leader Spotlight: Mackenzie Englishoe At 19 years old, Mackenzie Englishoe credits her sense of direction in life to knowing where she comes from. She is the daughter of Nicole James/Englishoe, granddaughter of Denise James/Englishoe and Sonny James, great-granddaughter of Margeret Mariam Englishoe/James and Skully James, and a member of the Caribou Clan of the Gwichyaa Zhee tribe. Mackenzie joined …
On May 5th, Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) and the Fairbanks Native Association (FNA) hosted the Annual Gathering of Remembrance, which honors the memory of victims of unsolved homicides in the Fairbanks area and missing and murdered indigenous people. The event started at the William Woods Centennial Bridge where native leaders, law enforcement officials and community members all came together to …
CHA Spotlight – Johanna Coghill The road to finding the career that makes you joyful may seem unpredictable or full of detours, and then suddenly you may find yourself just where you should be; where your gifts are needed most. Who would have thought that Johanna Coghill’s job detours as a waitress, gas station attendant, reindeer herder, tree farm worker, …
On Thursday, March 16, the Tanana Chiefs Conference Full Board of Directors, consisting of 42 member Tribes throughout the region, elected Brian Ridley of Eagle as the Chief/Chairman of Tanana Chiefs Conference. He will serve in this role until March 2026. Chief Ridley had previously served as Chief/Chairman of the organization after being elected in March 2022 to serve the …
On Saturday, February 25, The Alaska Board of Fisheries (BOF) voted against Proposal 140, submitted by the Fairbanks Advisory Committee Fisheries Subcommittee. The proposal aims to reduce the allowed commercial fishing times and area in the South Alaska Peninsula (Area M) during the month of June in order to protect Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (AYK) Chum Salmon from severe commercial interception. During the …
Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center’s (CAIHC) new Ambulatory Surgery Clinic (ASC) has been open and taking patients for the last couple of months. Last month, the ASC offered tours of the facility to Tanana Chiefs staff and introduced us to some of their processes! Participants got to perform mock surgeries and intubations and used sonogram technology to find veins and …
Some people may have experience with coming to the brink of an overdose. For them and their families it was most likely a very scary time in their lives when things got out of control. But as we learn more about opioids, we have learned that we can prevent an opioid overdose. The important thing is to be educated and …
School’s out, the kids are home, and families everywhere are preparing to celebrate the upcoming holidays—this is the perfect time for you to spend quality time with your family. Here are some useful tips on being purposeful and maximizing the gift of spending time together. BE PRESENT: We’re all bombarded with distractions—work, chores, phone calls, changing the car oil, and …