WHEREAS, Congress enacted the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) to recognize and settle the aboriginal claims of Alaska Natives to their traditional homelands by establishing Alaska Native corporations to receive and manage settlement lands and funds; and WHEREAS, The purpose of ANCSA was to settle the land claims of Alaska Natives and to provide them with the means to pursue economic …
WHEREAS, Section 14(c)(3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) provides that each Alaska Native village corporation established under ANCSA, except for former reservations, shall convey to a municipal corporation (city), or to the state in trust, lands identified for present and future community needs; and WHEREAS, Many villages within the TCC Region would prefer that the tribes themselves – rather …
WHEREAS, After statehood, the State of Alaska obtained large tracts of land throughout Interior Alaska that were and continue to be recognized as traditional lands by Alaskan Natives; and WHEREAS, The State of Alaska manages a land sales program that disposes of land within the traditional land domain, which disposals cause user conflicts; and WHEREAS, Alaskan Native residents maintain historic and contemporary uses …
WHEREAS, TCC delegates declared a War on Alcohol in the 1980s to address the epidemic of alcohol abuse and social issues throughout the TCC Region; and WHEREAS, Alcohol abuse and social issues decreased throughout the TCC Region after the War on Alcohol was implemented; and WHEREAS, At the 2012 TCC Annual Convention, 2nd Traditional Chief Trimble Gilbert expressed that the TCC Region is …
WHEREAS, The federally recognized tribal governments of Grayling, Anvik, Shageluk, and Holy Cross (GASH) are entrusted with protecting the welfare of their tribal members; and WHEREAS, Our tribal villages have limited jobs and economic opportunities for tribal members; and WHEREAS, The tribal governments of Grayling, Anvik, Shageluk, and Holy Cross want to increase the number of local jobs in each village; and WHEREAS, TCC …
WHEREAS, Tanana Chiefs Conference has operated the Edgar Nollner Health Clinic since 2009; and WHEREAS, The Edgar Nollner Health Clinic serves the villages in the Yukon Koyukuk villages of Kaltag, Nulato, Koyukuk, Galena, Huslia, and Ruby; and WHEREAS, TCC has been advertising two years for the position of Clinic Director. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Tanana Chiefs Conference Full Board of Directors …
WHEREAS, White Eye Traditional Knowledge Education Program was founded in 2016 to expand the efforts of the Gwich’in Elders’ Traditional Stories Project, in which a number of Gwich’in Elders worked with partners at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Indigenous Studies PhD Program to record Gwich’in stories and history. This work was begun through the efforts of Paul Williams, Sr., of Beaver, …
WHEREAS, Villages in the TCC Region are starting to see higher rates of alcohol and substance abuse; and WHEREAS, Frequently, tribal members with addictions need to be helped immediately because their children are in tribal custody; and WHEREAS, There is only one regional treatment option and it is short term; and WHEREAS, There is a need for a regional long term treatment option which …
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 …
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 …