Resolution 2019-27: Authorization and Support for Tanana Chiefs Conference to Submit a CTAS Purpose Area 7 Tribal Victim Services 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 Tanana Tribal Council is the governing body …

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Resolution 2019-15: Have an Elder Health Care Advocate for the Tanana Chiefs Conference

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 First People have inhabited this …

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Resolution 2018-27: Family Treatment Center in Tanana

WHEREAS, the Tanana Tribal Council is the federally recognized tribal governing body for the tribal members of the Native Village of Tanana; and WHEREAS, most if not all, villages in the Tanana Chiefs Conference/Doyon Region, suffer from alcohol and drug abuse issues stemming from trauma, which has recently resulted in a higher rate of suicides in our region; and WHEREAS, there are not …

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Resolution 2018-26: Equity for the Criminal Justice System and Alaska Natives

WHEREAS, Tanana Chiefs Conference has long held the position that there are racially based inequities and systematic bias within all levels of the Alaska justice system which greatly impact the people of our region; and WHEREAS, these issues are well established through the experiences of our people within the criminal justice system and have been repeatedly exposed through significant cases such as …

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Resolution 2018-25: Native People to be Aware of the Signs and Symptoms of Cancer

WHEREAS, the Tanana Tribal Council is the legal governing body of the Native Village of Tanana; and WHEREAS, the First People lived on this great land from time immemorial, taking their healthy sustenance off the bounty from the waters, lands and skies; and WHEREAS, the First People have been mandated to stop and forced to stop, fishing and hunting, for healthy foods, which …

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Resolution 2018-24: Support For Tribal Transportation Unity Caucus (TTUC) Discussion Draft Bill, “John P. Smith Tribal Road Safety And Transportation Infrastructure Act Of 2018”

WHEREAS, transportation infrastructure on Indian reservations, Tribal territories and in Alaska Native Villages is inadequate and unsafe; and WHEREAS, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), Native American infants are eight times more likely to die in a vehicle-related crash than non-Native infants, and motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of unintentional injury for Native American adults; and WHEREAS, the National …

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Resolution 2018-23: Provide a Cancer Awareness Support Event to Honor Our People Affected by Cancer

WHEREAS, the rate of cancer in the Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) Region is affecting each and every one of our families and friends; and WHEREAS, this event provides a stronger message of awareness and education of cancer; and WHEREAS, TCC has the responsibility and obligation to provide awareness on prevention and educating to our tribal members of potential harmful lifestyles. NOW THEREFORE BE …

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Resolution 2018-22: Urging Support for Marvin Roberts, Eugene Vent, George Frese and Kevin Pease in Seeking Just Compensation for Their Wrongful Convictions

WHEREAS, on a dark night on October 17, 1997, a young John Hartman was brutally beaten and left on a snow-covered street in Fairbanks, Alaska, and died soon afterward; and WHEREAS, investigators quickly zeroed in on Marvin Roberts, Eugene Vent, George Frese and Kevin Pease as suspects; and WHEREAS, although the young Native men protested their innocence, and were interrogated by faulty and …

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Resolution 2017-14: Treatment Center

WHEREAS, The duty of the Tanana Tribal Council is to promote and protect the health, education, and general welfare of tribal members and to administer charity and such other services as may contribute to the social and economic development of the Tribe and its members; and WHEREAS, The Tanana Tribal Council safeguards and promotes the peace, safety, morals, and physical and general …

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Resolution 2017-04: Yukon Tanana Culture Camp

WHEREAS, The Tanana Tribal Council has operated a culture camp for the past 25 years at Sixteen Mile Island; and  WHEREAS, The camp has established buildings such as elder housing, a kitchen, and a smokehouse. Many tent frames are in place; and  WHEREAS, Our Tribe has always welcomed all to participate in our summer and fall culture camps, where many different cultural activities …

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