Fifty Years: Reflect, Refresh, Renew
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Council for the Advancement of Alaska Natives, moderated by Liz Medicine Crow and Sarah Scanlan( NANA At-Large board seat) showcasing Homegrown Healers of the Maniilaq Region. Congratulations to shareholders Dr. Hans Hansen, Dr. Meagan Lincoln and Dr. Zazell Staheli!
( Left) NANA president / CEO Wayne Westlake with his wife Sharon attend the convention.
( Right) Former NANA President / CEO, Marie Greene with her husband, former NANA Vice President of Government Affairs, Chuck Greene.
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Years of AFN – Reflect, Refresh, Renew
Fifty Years: Reflect, Refresh, Renew
We express our gratitude to the delegates and participants of the Northwest Arctic Region! We appreciate your investment and engagement, additionally thanks to our sponsors! We look forward to seeing you again next year in Anchorage!
The 2016 Alaska Federation of Natives( AFN) Annual Convention was held at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska, from October 20 – 22, 2016. AFN celebrated its 50th year anniversary with the theme“ Reflect, Refresh, Renew.”
This year’ s keynote speakers were Emil Notti and Megan Alvanna-Stimpfle, both from western Alaska. Notti was AFN’ s first president and spoke about the hardships faced in the early years of the land claims, and Alvanna-Stimpfle served as a legislative assistant for Senator Lisa Murkowski and is an emerging Native leader. Other speakers at the event included Alaska Governor Bill Walker, Lt. Governor Byron Mallot, Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, Congressman Don Young, and Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.
The AFN formed in October of 1966 when more than 400 Alaska Natives, representing 17 Native organizations, conducted a historic three-day meeting to address aboriginal land rights. Since then, AFN has held gatherings annually to discuss Native issues and policy.
According to AFN, policy guidelines and advocacy statements are set by the dozens of resolutions passed by voting delegates at the Annual Convention. Delegates are elected based on a population formula of one representative per twenty-five Native residents in the area, and delegate participation rates at the annual convention typically exceed 95 percent. The NANA region had 15 delegates this year.
Approximately 31 resolutions passed at the convention regarding salmon resources, affordable housing, mental health and substance abuse treatment, food security, homelessness, Alaska National Guards presence in Alaska, public safety, clean and affordable energy, and support of walrus ivory crafts. The full resolutions can be downloaded from nativefederation. org / annual-convention.
The 2017 AFN convention will be held in Anchorage, Alaska. ■
DENALI: Chugach Alaska Corporation | ExxonMobil | GCI
KATMAI: Afognak Native Corp. | Alaska Airlines | Arctic Slope Regional Corp. | BP | NANA Regional Corp. | U. S. Department of Energy- Office of Indian Energy | Tanana Chiefs Conference | Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corp. | Wells Fargo
SUSITNA: AARP | Ahtna Inc. | Alaska Commercial Co. | Alaska LNG | Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium | Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. | Bristol Bay Native Corp. | CIRI | ConocoPhillips | Donlin Gold | Forest Carbon Partners | IBEW Local 1547 | Ilisagvik College | KeyBank | Landye Bennett Blumstein | Matson | Sam’ s Club | Teck | Visit Anchorage
TAKU: Alaska Communications | Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute | Bering Straits Native Corp. | Carpenters Local 1243 and 1281 | Chenega Corp. | Coastal Villages Region Fund | Kawerak, Inc. | Office of Hawaiian Affairs | Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller & Munson, LLP
KOBUK: Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority | Alaska USA Federal Credit Union | Aleutian | Pribilof Island Community Development Assoc. | AT & T | BDO USA, LLP | Caelus Energy | Cook Inlet Tribal Council | Delta Western Petroleum | Explore Fairbanks | The Eyak Corp. | First National Bank Alaska | FMH / Denali Center | Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP | Holland & Knight | Kinross Fort Knox | KPMG, LLP | Lynden | Mt. Edgecumbe High School | National Cooperative Bank | NEA – Alaska | Olgoonik Corp. | The Tatitlek Corp. | Tikigaq Corp. | UAF Alumni Assoc.
FRIENDS OF AFN: Advocacy Services of Alaska | Airlink Shuttle & Tours | Alasconnect | The Aleut Corp. | American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | Big Ray’ s | Brice Inc. | City of Fairbanks | Cook, Schumann & Gloseclose | CLIA Alaska | Cook & Haugeberg, LLC | CSG, Inc. Attorneys at Law | Denakkanaaga | Denali Industrial Supply | Denali State Bank | EDC, Inc. | Everts Air Cargo | Everts Air Fuel | Fairbanks Elks Lodge # 1551 | Fairbanks McDonalds | Gana-A’ Yoo, Limited | Ghemm Co. | Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce | Hoffer Glass Co. | Independent Rental | Interior Graphics and Printing Authority | Interior Regional Housing | Jolly Roger, Inc. | Ken Murray Insurance, Inc. | Kohler, Schmitt & Hutchison | Mt. McKinley Bank | Paws for Adventure | Power & Transmission Inc. | Pump House Restaurant & Saloon | Riverboat Discovery | Samson Electric | TOTE Maritime Alaska | The Turtle Club | University of Alaska College Savings Plan | Usibelli Foundation | Wright Air Service
HUNTER � 2016 NOVEMBER / DECEMBER
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