Mini Wellness Event in Galena

TCC Wellness & Prevention employees Jennessa Miller, Kameron Reitan, and Victoria Campbell cooking up fry bread with the GILA students in Galena, AK. The “Galena Mini Wellness Week” was held in August 2023 and hosted by Jennessa Miller, the community of Galena, Galena High School, GILA Boarding School, and all of the awesome teachers and people of Galena. Thank you …

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November Head Start Update

It’s November and we’ve been busy at Head Start! We’ve spent the last two months visiting staff in all of our villages to conduct required site visits and support our teachers as they established their classrooms. It was a joy to spend time with all of the Head Start staff and families and see all of the wonderful work our …

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Native American Cultural Heritage Month

By Victoria Campbell, Suicide Prevention Project Coordinator November is Native American Cultural Heritage Month and with multiple holidays around the corner, this means gathering with friends and family and cooking food creates the perfect opportunity to pass along your favorite subsistence food or traditional recipes. If your freezer is full of game meat and fish, foraged berries, and preserved garden …

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North Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting – The Time for Action is Now!

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) meeting was held in October where the NPFMC reviewed a preliminary analysis on the Bering Sea Chum Bycatch Management. Chief/Chairman Brian Ridley provided testimony, as did Secretary/Treasurer Charlie Wright and Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Chair Karma Ulvi. During Chief Ridley’s testimony, he asked the NPFMC to take immediate regulatory action and define …

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Chief’s Report: November 2023

Dear Tribes and Tribal Members, As we head into the holiday season, I hope that you are all able to spend quality time surrounded by friends and family. The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Annual Convention is scheduled to take place in New Orleans from November 12th to 17th. Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) encourages all Tribes who are able …

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Looking For Money for College or Vocational Training?

Applications Due November 15th, 2023! Eligible full-time Higher Education students may qualify for $2,000 a semester, while part-time (6 or more credits) may qualify for $1,000. Adult Vocational Training (AVT) students must be full-time and the scholarship amounts vary based on program, need and amount of time in the program.  The 2024-2025 FAFSA will not open in October this year due …

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TCC Broadband Service Map

By Dave Messier, Infrastructure Division Director Poor telecommunication options have been the reality for many years across the Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) region. As the TCC infrastructure division looked into the reasons for these challenges, we realized that many of the statewide telecommunication firms were not investing in the region due to the poor return on investment. To them, the …

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2023 Special Full Board of Directors Meeting

The Tanana Chiefs Conference Special Full Board of Directors Meeting will take place November 1st, 2023 at the Westmark Hotel in Fairbanks. Out of respect for the recent losses in our region, TCC has decided to make significant changes to our Special Convention and Full Board of Directors Meeting this week. We will be reducing the agenda to one day. …

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BLM’s Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Reinforces Tanana Chiefs Conference’s Longstanding Claims in Ambler Road Opposition

The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) released earlier today reinforces the Tanana Chiefs Conference’s (TCC) opposition to the proposed Ambler industrial mining road. The 37 Tribes of Interior Alaska have lived on and with the lands being threatened by the proposed industrial mining road for millennia. Our ancestors recognized in forming TCC that …

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