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Recent Articles
Cancelled Emergency Firefighter Refreshers
2020 spring RT-130 fireline safety refresher training & pack test has been canceled. This is due to the ongoing COVID-19 public health and community safety concerns, all of the pack tests and refresher trainings in 2019 have been extended to be valid for the 2020 season. ONLY PACK TEST AND
Social Distancing Videos
We want a ~10-20 sec video or photo from you showing one of these options: We want to hear what you’re doing during social distancing A video of you giving advice on why social distancing is important. TCC will be making a compilation video encouraging everyone to social distance!
New State Mandate (012) – Interstate Travel
According to State of Alaska COVID-19 Health Mandate 012: Interstate Travel Effective 8:00 am March 28, 2020 All in-state travel between communities, whether resident, worker, or visitor, is prohibited unless travel is to support critical infrastructure, or for critical personal needs. To learn more about this and other COVID-19 topics,
Letter to ADFG Requesting Emergency Opening
Doug Vincent-Lang Commissioner Alaska Department of Fish and Game PO Box 115526 Juneau, Alaska 99811-5526 Dear Commissioner Vincent-Lang: Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) is requesting an appropriate allowance for an out-of-season hunt for villages in our region to provide food for residents who are isolated in their communities under the impacts
Positive COVID-19 Patient at Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center
A Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) patient has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, marking the first case for TCC. The patient was tested in Fairbanks at the Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center on Friday, March 20th and the positive came back today, Wednesday, March 25th. The patient is
Alaska COVID-19 Health Mandates
For greater access, we are posting the current Health Mandates that the State of Alaska has released. Below are the PDF versions of these documents. For further reading or more information please visit the Alaska GOV Health Mandate page.
Womens Health, OB, Pediatric Services are moving to Al Ketzler Sr. Building During COVID-19 Response
As of Monday, March 23, 2020 at 1pm, on an interim basis during the COVID-19 response, TCC will be delivering health care from two locations in Fairbanks.We will be moving Women’s Health / OB services and a limited amount of pediatric services to the Al Ketzler Sr. Building, 1st Floor. Tanana Chiefs Conference will now
How to Decrease Anxiety During a Pandemic
Here are some helpful tips and trick to decrease anxiety as well as ways to achieve a healthy mental balance. Breathe Breathe in for 5, hold for 1, breathe out for 10 The slow exhale tricks the brain into relaxing the body Progressive Relaxation Tense a group of muscles as
TCC Joins Interior Alaska Entities in Asking the Governor to Close All Non-Essential Business
Fairbanks, Alaska – Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) has partnered several local entities in submitting a formal request to Governor Mike Dunleavy to mandate the closure of all non-essential businesses in Interior Alaska and to issue a stronger urgency for residents to stay at home. The letter was sent in an
COVID-19 Media
We are posting all our social media flyers here for easy downloading. We encourage these files to be shared to help spread the word about COVID-19. These files are offered in both image and pdf formats. Images can be found further below. Return to the Main COVID-19 Page To download
Recient Events
TCC Potlatch (CANCELED)
TCC will be hosting our annual post Convention potlatch. This event will begin at approximately 6pm
TCC Closed – Traditional Chiefs Day
TCC Administration offices will be closed in observance of Traditional Chiefs Day.
TCC Annual Convention
Tanana Chiefs Conference’s 2020 Annual Delegate and Full Board of Director’s Meeting will take place from March 16th-19th at the Westmark Hotel & Conference Center in Fairbanks. Our theme this
Martin Luther King Day
TCC Administrative Offices will be closed for observance of Martin Luther King Day.
Health
Resolution 2018-35: Lower Yukon Health Services
WHEREAS, Lower Yukon Subregion (GASH) villages Grayling, Anvik, Shageluk and Holy Cross, receive health care services from the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation (YKHC); and WHEREAS, GASH villages have expressed numerous times to
Resolution 2018-18: Obtain Full Health Funding and Protect Medicaid Funding for the Alaska Tribal Health System
WHEREAS, the United States has a federal trust relationship to Alaska Natives and Alaska Natives tribes based in the US Constitution and reaffirmed in federal statutes including the Snyder Act
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
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
Resolution 2019-14: Urgent Health Needs of Alatna Village
WHEREAS, Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) is an Alaska Native tribal health and social services consortium established by the Interior Alaska tribes and tribal communities, to provide a unified voice in
Public Safety
HB287 & SB231
Village Public Safety Officer Grants House: HB287 Sponsor(s): REPRESENTATIVES KOPP, Edgmon, Shaw, Zulkosky, Lincoln, Foster Senate: SB231 SENATORS OLSON, Bishop, Hoffman, Stedman, Gray-Jackson, Stevens, Revak, Kawasaki, Geissel TCC’s Stance: Support
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
Resolution 2019-04: Improve Public Safety in Rural Alaska
WHEREAS, Native people were systematically disenfranchised by colonization and as a result suffer from historical trauma, which can exacerbate the prevalence of substance abuse, alcoholism, and violence in traditionally healthy
Energy
Advocacy/Legislative Update 2.28.20
Oil and Gas Companies Are Totally Awesome A ballot initiative that would change the way that oil and gas tax credits are calculated has been certified to appear on the
Fort Yukon Solar Electric Project
Near the confluence of the Yukon and Porcupine Rivers in Fort Yukon, Alaska functions an 18KW grid tied solar electric system. The system was funded through the cooperative efforts of
Galena Biomass Energy Project
Replaces the Gila Interior Learning Academy (GILA) diesel heating system with a biomass district heat system.
Forestry
Cancelled Emergency Firefighter Refreshers
2020 spring RT-130 fireline safety refresher training & pack test has been canceled. This is due to the ongoing COVID-19 public health and community safety concerns, all of the pack
Important Update for all Federal Wildland Firefighters
This information applies to ALL FEDERAL AD/EFF that are planning on working as wildland firefighters in 2019. There are changes in requirements for being hired by BLM Alaska Fire Service (AFS) for