Education Council – Additional Resources
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Month: April 2024
Program Reports
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Emergency Flood Assistance Here for You in Times of Need
Our Emergency Flood Assistance program is available to all Native households that have been displaced because of significant damage to their home, due to flooding. Eligibility Requirements To be eligible to receive assistance through this program, all of the following conditions must be met; A household is defined as “all individuals residing in the house.” A Native household is a …
TCC Seeks Boat Drivers for the 2024 Partners Boat Trip
Tanana Chiefs Conference is planning a boat trip for partners to experience three remote villages in Interior Alaska – Northway, Tetlin, and Tanacross on August 13, 14, &15, 2024. We are inviting qualified and experienced boat drivers to submit a letter of interest. Particularly, we seek those with experience navigating the Upper Tanana River to provide boat transportation for participants …
Voice Your Opinions: Head Start Home Visiting Program Survey
Tanana Chiefs Conference Head Start is a birth to age five program that provides high quality educational services to children and families. Due to workforce challenges, Head Start is recreating our home visiting program to serve more children and families. One of the most creative options that the program would like to offer is a virtual home visiting program. This …
The Importance of Gravel-to-Gravel Initiatives in Salmon Restoration: A Comprehensive Exploration
By Gale K. Vick, Fairbanks Fish & Game Advisory Committee Member The phrase “gravel-to-gravel” is becoming more important in managing salmon as their populations decline in Alaska, particularly in the AYK (Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim) region. The Department of the Interior recently explained “gravel-to-gravel” as the cyclical journey of salmon. This journey begins with their birth and continues as they return each year …
May is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month
By Karen Kallen-Brown, LPC Children’s Services Clinician Years ago, the Denakkanaaga Elders identified twenty-one values to guide us in being healthy, strong, caring, and connected people. Wherever I am, I hear many concerns about the struggles that our children face. The COVID-19 pandemic, the closure of schools, the move to online learning, the disruption to family activities, routines, and traditions …
Tribal Resource Stewardship Convention Report
During the 2024 TCC Annual Convention, the Tribal Resource Stewardship team hosted a special session that brought Tribal members together to learn and strategize about upcoming opportunities to advocate for our way of life. They also had the opportunity to meet with Holly Carroll, US Fish & Wildlife Sevice (F&WS) Yukon Subsistence Fishery Manager, Keith Herron, US F&WS Assistant Fishery …
TCC Allocates $10,000 per Tribe for Culture Camps
Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) has taken a significant step to preserve Indigenous traditions by offering financial support for culture camps throughout the region. At the August meeting last year, the TCC Executive Board approved funding for these camps, providing each Tribe with up to $10,000 annually starting in 2024. Culture camps are vital for passing down ancestral knowledge and traditions …
Tribal Resource Stewardship Corner – Wind Beneath Their Wings: Turbines & Migrating Birds
By Betty Ross, Tribal Client Services Deputy Director With the increase of turbines in this age of wind energy, there have been a few studies conducted on the impact of the turbines on migratory birds. According to the MIT Climate Portal Writing Team (2023), studies of bird deaths in the United States from a decade ago indicate about 680,000 birds …