The trustees of the NANA Elders’ Settlement Trust — or NEST — voted to issue a dividend of $1,500 per Elder for 2023. The dividend will be paid on or around Feb. 9, 2023. Elders who are NANA shareholders with voting rights and 65 or older as of Dec. 31, 2022, will receive the dividend.…
News & Press Releases
NANA Mourns the Passing of Oliver Aveogan Leavitt
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Oliver Aveogan Leavitt. He was one of our respected Iñupiaq relatives, a neighbor and friend to the NANA region, and one of the giants of Alaska. The results of his life remain. As an umialik — a whaling captain — he led his crew and…
NANA Awarded $68.5 Million Grant to Provide High-Speed Internet to Remote Alaska Villages
KOTZEBUE, Alaska, Nov. 17, 2022 – NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (NANA) has been awarded a $68.5 million broadband infrastructure deployment grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for the NANA Regional Broadband Network (NRBN) project. The four-year project will result in the installation of more than 680 miles of…
Kotzebue Informal Meeting Call-In Information
Shareholders can nominate and vote telephonically on Nov. 3. NANA and its board are committed to full and fair participation by all NANA shareholders in both the nomination and election process. Due to feedback the board received, which included lower-than-ideal attendance due to four funerals that week, the board took action to hold another informal…
NANA Board Votes to Oppose Alaska State Constitutional Convention
The NANA Board of Directors recognizes that under the Alaska Constitution, it is a requirement that Alaskan voters decide whether to hold a constitutional convention every ten years. This year, that vote will be taken through Ballot Measure 1 in the November 8 general election. “We feel that it is in the best interests of our shareholders not…
NRC Shareholder Trust Announces Fall 2022 Dividend Distribution
On Oct. 19, 2022, the NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. Board of Directors authorized a contribution to the NRC Shareholder Trust for the purpose of paying a historic fall dividend to Trust beneficiaries of $20.00 per share, for a total distribution for dividends of approximately $35 million. The dividend will be payable on or about Dec.…
RE: National Strategy for the Arctic Region
Dear Secretary Blinken, We would like to thank you, your team and the participating representatives from the Department of Interior and the Office of Science and Technology for your time and efforts to produce the updated National Strategy for the Arctic Region. The Arctic is the homeland of the Iñupiat people of the NANA region…
NANA Allocates $1.5M to Fund Northwest Arctic Borough School District Early Learning Programs
KOTZEBUE, Alaska, Oct. 11, 2022 – As of Oct. 1, NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (NANA) provided $1.5 million in pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) funding to the Northwest Arctic Borough School District (NWABSD), a decision made by the NANA Board of Directors in their Sept. 2 special board meeting. “The NANA board knows our children are our future.…
NANA Funds $1 Million in Each In-Region Community for Economic Investments
KOTZEBUE, Alaska, Sept. 23, 2022 – NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (NANA) will provide $1 million in additional funding for Village Economic Investment (VEI) grants in each of NANA’s 11 communities. NANA’s board of directors approved the spending at their board meeting on Sept. 9 in Kotzebue. The VEI grant funds can be used to improve…
NANA Funds $4.4 Million in Initiatives to Address High Cost of Living in NANA Region
KOTZEBUE, Alaska, Sept. 10, 2022 – NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (NANA) will provide $4.4 million in funding for fuel subsidies, heating maintenance, worker training and wages, hunter support, bulk fuel tank farm assessments, and a study to determine the feasibility of a regional fuel bulk purchase program. NANA’s Board of Directors approved the spending at…
