Kawerak, Incorporated

This project will continue to build collaborative relationships throughout the Bering Strait region to advance green energy and food security education initiatives, supporting communities address and prepare for the impacts of climate change that significantly affect their way of life.

This project supports the time of Kawerak's Tribal Research Coordinator to create, distribute, and promote tribal research protocols and the newly developed research priorities of Kawerak-region tribes to enhance tribal research sovereignty.

The Bering Strait faces challenges to food security due to high costs, supply chain disruptions, and challenges to subsistence practices. Two Kawerak programs in food production, both farming and reindeer husbandry, will elevate local, Tribal agriculture in policymaking to help address these needs.

General support for travel and training expenses related to data collection and data sovereignty protocol creation

This project will increase tribal environmental asset control on or near Native lands.

This project will address and prepare for the impacts of climate change that greatly affect our region, by increasing our operational capacity, retaining and continuing our sustainable energy initiatives, and supporting food security education in the Bering Strait Region.

Land Management Services general operating support

The project will increase knowledge of green energy initiatives in the region, provide educational opportunities for community members, and create local green job opportunities through our geothermal power plant project and solar energy installation workshops.

Initiate conversation and community engagement to explore issues, challenges, and solutions to addressing preservation of Bering Sea marine resources.

This project will increase the capacity within our Environmental and Pilgrim Hot Springs Programs by creating a new Sustainability Coordinator position. This employee will work to expand green job development, clean energy initiatives, and plan energy education workshops to benefit the people of our region.

This project will increase food security for the Bering Strait Region by creating a model for local food production and distribution that will leverage the resources of Pilgrim Hot Springs to improve the availability of locally-grown food distributed within the region.

COVID-19 Response