Each year, resolutions are submitted for review by the TCC Full Board of Directors. These resolutions guide the direction of Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC) and its employees throughout the coming year and beyond. At the 2025 TCC Annual Convention & Full Board of Directors Meeting, 31 resolutions were submitted, with 28 resolutions passing after thorough discussion and debate.
Among the resolutions passed was one directing TCC to initiate a Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO) Arming Pilot Project. This resolution allows TCC to develop policies, procedures, and training for a program that would give Tribes the option to have an armed VPSO stationed in their community. Delegates expressed concerns about the safety of residents, the safety of the VPSOs themselves, and potential liability. After extensive discussion, the resolution passed, allowing TCC to move forward with planning.
Another key resolution was an emergency resolution submitted by Denakkanaaga, calling for TCC to work with Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) leadership to renew its membership before the Fall Convention in October 2025. The resolution also requires an annual review to determine whether continued membership remains in the best interest of TCC. With impending budget cuts and federal uncertainty, the Full Board determined that now is the time for unified advocacy across Alaska to ensure a stronger voice for Tribal interests.
Resolutions passed by the Full Board set the course for TCC’s work and priorities moving forward. Updates on resolution implementation will be provided in the coming months at www.tananachiefs.org/resolutions.
# | TITLE | STATUS |
2025-01 | Addressing the Epidemic of Obesity | PASSED |
2025-02 | Amend the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Allotment Act to Include All Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Who Served Between 01/01/1972 through 05/07/1975 | PASSED |
2025-03 | Addressing BIA Funding Equity for Tribal Governments | PASSED |
2025-04 | Conducting A Feasibility Analysis to Create an Independent Business to Support TCC’s Re-Entry Program and Create Jobs for Alaska Native Peoples with Criminal Convictions | PASSED |
2025-05 | Day of Peaceful Protest for the Survival of the Salmon on the Yukon River | PASSED |
2025-06 | Educating Youth & TCC Communities on Hunting and Gun Safety to Reduce Gun Violence and Preventable Deaths | PASSED |
2025-07 | Fishwheel Access and Education | PASSED |
2025-08 | Inclusion of Traplines in Full Protection Status for Wildland Fire Land Management Classifications | PASSED |
2025-09 | Request to TCC to Increase Number of Employees in the LIHEAP Department to Ensure Timely Application Processing | PASSED |
2025-10 | Resolution Condemning Jeffrey Amherst Mass Murderer Who Introduced Biological Warfare to the Indigenous of America | TABLED |
2025-11 | Resolution Demanding the City of Fairbanks and State of Alaska Make a Formal Apology to the Fairbanks Four, For Unlawfully Imprisoning Them for the Murder of John Hartman, While One of the Killers of John Hartman was Free to Murder Again | PASSED |
2025-12 | Resolution Demanding the Vatican, European Governments, and American Government, Rescind the Doctrine of Discovery | TABLED |
2025-13 | Resolution for Mandatory Indigenous Orientation Course for All Elected, Appointed and Hired Officials, Politicians and Staff of State and Federal Governments and Territorial Possessions | PASSED |
2025-14 | Resolution Requesting Tanana Chiefs Conference Advocate on Behalf of Tribes to Address Office of Children’s Services Improvement Plans and Compliance with Quality Assurance Standards | PASSED |
2025-15 | Resolution to Amend and Rename Resolution 2018-29 to Apply to All Waters in Alaska | PASSED |
2025-16 | Resolution to Amend Bylaws Removing Alaska Residency Requirement for Board Members | FAILED |
2025-17 | Resolution to Demand to Stop All Bottom Trawling Until the Yukon Subsistence Fisherman, and Fisherwomen, are Allowed to Fish for Chinook Salmon | PASSED |
2025-18 | Resolution to Explore the Need and Feasibility of Group Homes for Tribal Children in Foster Care | PASSED |
2025-19 | Resolution to Increase Youth Engagement in Cultural Activities and Tribal Governance | PASSED |
2025-20 | Resolution to Oppose Hilcorp Development | PASSED |
2025-21 | Resolution to Recognize Kenneth Newman Sr. | PASSED |
2025-22 | Resolution to Research Funding Opportunities to Build New Sanitation Facilities in Villages | PASSED |
2025-23 | Resolution to Revert the Name of Mt. Foraker Back to Denali B’ot | PASSED |
2025-24 | Resolution to Sign onto the Declaration of the International Indigenous Salmon Peoples | PASSED |
2025-25 | Resubmitting Resolution 2023-13 Patient Medical Lodging and Meals | PASSED |
2025-26 | Retaining the US Bureau of Land Management ANCSA 17 D-1 Public Land Orders for the Conservation of Wild Food Economy Resources | PASSED |
2025-27 | Support for Conveyance of Duck House / Geese House Site to Doyon, Limited | PASSED |
2025-28 | TCC Initiate a Village Public Safety Officer Arming Pilot Project | PASSED |
2025-29 | Resolution to Consider the Feasibility of a Traditional Youth Program – Healing through Culture and Wellness | PASSED |
2025-30 | Wellness & Healing Center | PASSED |
2025-31 | Resolution to Rejoin the Alaska Federation of Natives | PASSED |