Resolution 2020-19: Supporting the Tribal Compacting of Education in Alaska

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 advancing sovereign tribal governments through the promotion of physical and mental wellness, education, socioeconomic development and culture of the Interior Alaska Native; and WHEREAS, Expanding access to high quality education …

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Resolution 2020-15: Urging Full Funding for Public Broadcasting to Continue Quality Educational Programing in Rural Alaska

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 advancing sovereign tribal governments through the promotion of physical and mental wellness, education, socioeconomic development and culture of the Interior Alaska Native; and WHEREAS, The Alaska Rural Communications Service (ARCS) …

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Resolution 2020-05: Protecting the Sovereign Rights of Tribes to Self-Determination: Opposing Development in the Yukon Flats

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 advancingsovereign tribal governments through the promotion of physical and mental wellness, education, socioeconomic development and culture of the Interior Alaska Native; and WHEREAS, Protection of the Yukon River Watershed is …

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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 Native communities; and 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 …

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Resolution 2019-22: In Support of the State of Alaska to Budget Funds to Support and Fund a Statewide Alaska Indigenous Teacher Training Program

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 advancing sovereign tribal governments through the promotion of physical and mental wellness, education, socioeconomic development and culture of the Interior Alaska Native; and WHEREAS, the TCC region has many Districts organized under …

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Resolution SR 2019-01: Requesting the State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources to Transfer Lot 1, Block 4, U.S. Survey No. 2760 A&B, Fort Yukon Townsite to the Youth Council for the Construction of a new Youth Building

WHEREAS, the Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich’in Tribal Government, also known as Native Village of Fort Yukon, IRA, is the duly constituted Native American Tribe recognized by the Federal Government of the United States; and WHEREAS, the Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich’in Tribal Council is the duly elected governing body of the Tribe, authorized to act by and on behalf of its members; and …

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Village Specific Resolution: 2018-04 Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich’in Tribal Government Seeks to Have TCC’s Weatherization Program Funds Collaborate / Coordinate With Tribal Housing Funds

WHEREAS, the Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich’in Tribal Government (GZGTG) is a sovereign entity and federally recognized tribal government (formerly known as the Native Village of Fort Yukon); and WHEREAS, the GZGTG shall combine with the Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) Weatherization funding; and WHEREAS, our local tribal government is more knowledgeable of our community and its’ peoples need; and WHEREAS, the GZGTG is able to perform …

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