Shareholder News

Representatives from CIRI were pleased to accept an invitation from the Native Village of Eklutna for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Interpretive Wayside art installation at present-day Ship Creek in Anchorage.

A gathering place where Alaska Native cultures are nurtured and shared with visitors from all over the state and the world, for 20 years the Alaska Native Heritage Center has functioned as a “living museum.”

On Friday, Aug. 16, CIRI’s summer interns shared with CIRI staff and several Board members all they learned this summer.

Adventure therapy is having a moment. Increasing studies show that it holds benefits for people experiencing trauma, alcoholism, abuse—even gaming addiction.

CIRI and The CIRI Foundation Friendship Potlatches offer CIRI shareholders an opportunity to socialize and celebrate important cultural traditions with family and friends.

CIRI’s Holiday Craft Bazaar will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 in Anchorage.

The 2019 Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Convention will be held Thursday, Oct. 17 through Saturday, Oct. 19 in Fairbanks, Alaska.

From the comfort of their own homes, shareholders can read the latest CIRI news, update their mailing addresses and other contact information, RSVP for events and even vote in Board elections.

Beaver Tales Coffee is owned by original CIRI shareholder Fredrick Dean Bell.

A program of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Immunization Awareness Month is held each August to highlight the importance of vaccination for people of all ages.

On July 9, CIRI summer interns Rachel Crosley, Ainsley Fullmer, Aubrey Nay and Jordyn Ransom drove out to assist Knik Tribal Council with its annual summer culture camp.

Eligible veterans asked to update addresses ASAP; VA to provide list of potential applicants by Sept. 19.

CIRI subsidiary North Wind Group’s new office in Guam was commemorated Feb. 7 with an open house and partner outreach, which included a traditional Chamorro blessing ceremony.

To address the problems associated with owners of fractional or small amounts of CIRI stock not cashing their checks, some years back, CIRI implemented an Annual Check Program.

The CIRI Board of Directors has been closely monitoring the actions of Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy’s administration since he took office just over eight months ago.

As part of CIRI’s company-wide recommitment to deliver benefits that allow shareholders and descendants an opportunity to advance in their careers and lives, in 2015, CIRI significantly expanded its summer internship program.

In April, CIRI shareholder Alice “Debbie” Fullenwider was appointed chair of the Alaska Human Rights Commission.

The Fireweed Business Center, CIRI’s corporate headquarters in midtown Anchorage, is an elegant, energy-efficient building that promotes productivity in a comfortable and controllable work environment.

In the U.S., violence against Indigenous women has reached unprecedented levels.

Please join CIRI in welcoming the following new adult SPC members, whose terms will expire June 2022.

In honor of Chief Chickalusion and the residents of Susitna Station, a potlatch featuring food, music, dance and prizes will be held Saturday, Aug. 3 in Anchorage.

A law-related education program designed to promote diversity in the legal profession and judiciary, 2019 Color of Justice will be held Sept. 26-27 in Anchorage.

Alaskans may now receive permits to harvest beetle-killed timber from select state lands as firewood for personal use.

At the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, shareholders voted to create the CIRI Settlement Trust.

“Molly of Denali” holds the distinction of being the first nationally distributed children’s series in the U.S. to feature an Alaska Native lead character.

Following the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 1, the CIRI Board of Directors elected Douglas W. Fifer (Tlingit) as Board chair.

View shareholder statistics as of year-end 2018.

As of June 6, The CIRI Foundation has a new physical and mailing address.

Certified results show that CIRI shareholders re-elected five incumbent directors to the CIRI Board of Directors at the company’s 2019 Annual Meeting.

The 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders included cash prize drawings for shareholders who submitted a valid proxy by the proxy deadline.

For the first time ever, shareholders had the option of completing an electronic proxy using CIRI’s web-based proxy system.

To ensure a quorum was achieved for the 2019 Annual Meeting, the Early Bird Prize Drawings sought to reward shareholders who submitted a valid proxy by certain dates in advance of the 2109 Annual Meeting.

A big “thank you” to shareholder Edward Brown, who recently donated an original Benny Benson Alaska flag to CIRI.

Information about TCF’s general scholarship, vocational training and internship program deadlines.

The Native Village of Eklutna and Southcentral Foundation officially opened the newly expanded Eklutna Village Clinic on March 15.

The Alaska Native Heritage Center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 12 to mid-September.

Michael O’Connor, who served as president and CEO of Peak Oilfield Service Company 1987-2014, passed away Jan. 31.

Elders’ Settlement Trust payments will be mailed/directly deposited June 14. Second quarter dividends will be mailed/directly deposited June 28.

Viral hepatitis is a leading cause of liver cancer and liver transplants. Millions of Americans are living with chronic hepatitis, and most do not know they are infected.

On Oct. 17, 2018, the CIRI Board of Directors approved an action to place a resolution before the CIRI shareholders at the 2019 Annual Meeting to authorize the CIRI Settlement Trust.

Shareholders whose proxies (for any proxy holder or candidate) are received on the deadline date for a particular drawing will be eligible for that drawing and all subsequent drawings.

The Northwest Information Meeting will be held Saturday, May 11 in Shoreline, Wash. The 2019 Annual Meeting will be held Saturday, June 1 in Puyallup, Wash.

CIRI recently released its 2018 Annual Report, which summarizes the company’s performance last year.

CIRI is accepting nominations for the 2019 awards to be presented at the CIRI and The CIRI Foundation Friendship Potlatches this fall.

Measles is a highly contagious, infectious, viral disease, and outbreaks have recently occurred in California, Minnesota, New York and Washington State.

CIRI is now accepting applications for its 2019 Summer Internship program.

Dental decay is the most common chronic childhood disease in the U.S., and rates are even more prevalent among Alaska Native children.

Considering a summer internship? Check out these opportunities.

A group of researchers is working on a study to take a broad look at how precision medicine could be used to benefit the health of AN/AI people in the Lower 48.

Alaska Native civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich (Tlingit) has been chosen as the subject for a biography by Alaskan author Annie Boochever.

With the goal of fostering leadership skills and helping prepare shareholders and descendants ages 15 to 19 for college and careers, the CIRI C3 Experience is a camp like no other.

North Wind Construction recently won a four-year DOE contract to build a mercury treatment facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

To encourage shareholders to return a valid will on CIRI’s new Stock Will form, CIRI first announced in September that it would conduct a special prize drawing to select five winners who would each receive $1,000.

IRS 1099 forms for the 2018 tax year will be mailed to shareholders on Jan. 31, 2019.

SCF’s 22nd Annual Gathering will take place Feb. 2 in Anchorage.

In honor of Veterans Day, which is observed each year on Nov. 11, CIRI would like to pay tribute to our men and women in uniform.

The CIRI Nominating Committee seeks CIRI shareholders interested in nomination to the 2019 CIRI Board of Directors’ candidate slate.

View photos from the 2018 CIRI and The CIRI Foundation Friendship Potlatches.

A microscopic bacterium with an outsized name, Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae (M. ovi) is a pathogen that increases mortality from respiratory disease in wild sheep, goats and musk ox.

The leader in bringing Alaska Native voices to Alaska and the nation, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation (KBC) is committed to covering indigenous issues.

Congratulations to CIRI’s 2018 Shareholder, Elder and Youth Award recipients.

A new era began for Cook Inlet Tribal Council’s Ernie Turner Center on Aug. 1 when a new recovery facility—bearing a name steeped in history—opened its doors in Chugiak.

CIRI will conduct five $1,000 prize drawings from the names of shareholders who return a valid will on the new CIRI Stock Will form to CIRI by Nov. 16, 2018.

An event that began as a broad effort to help Americans stay safer and more secure online, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is commemorating its 15th year as an annual initiative to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity.

With an aim to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research, Breast Cancer Awareness Month encourages communities, individuals and organizations to spread the word about early detection, education and support services.

The Denai’ina phrase “un nitqetni” translates to “they’re calling one another to come,” and it was the theme behind the first-ever CIRI C3 Experience.

On Aug. 8, the Alaska Supreme Court struck down sections of Ballot Measure No. 1, calling the excluded sections an “unconstitutional appropriation.”

On Tuesday, Nov. 6, we are called to exercise one of our basic rights of citizenship by voting for the candidates – at the national, state and local level – we believe will best lead us.

CIRI is sad to report that Jason Moore, senior director, CIRI Corporate Affairs, passed away after a lengthy illness in the early hours of Sept. 8 surrounded by family. He was 51.

CIRI is pleased to present the following new shareholder and descendant discounts.

CIRI’s summer internship program creates opportunities for shareholder and descendant college students, recent college graduates and those enrolled in or recently graduated from an applicable vocational training program to directly apply their education in a practical work setting.

Thank you to Eyak Corporation for alerting us to a scam targeting shareholders of Alaska Native corporations (ANCs).

The annual Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Convention serves as the principal forum and voice for the Alaska Native community in addressing critical issues of public policy and government.

As part of its goal to enhance the heritage of Cook Inlet region’s Alaska Native people, The CIRI Foundation is joining with community partners to bring the acclaimed theatrical production “ALAXSXA | ALASKA” back to the state that inspired it.

CIRI’s 2018 Holiday Craft Bazaar will be held Saturday, Dec. 1 at the Fireweed Business Center in Anchorage.

Complete CIRI’s newly designed Stock Will form and you may win one of five $1,000 special prizes.

You have the power to shape our future, but only if you exercise your right vote!

A youth-oriented online radio stream, Rising Indigenous Voices Radio (RIVR) mixes cultural and educational content with music that appeals to teens and young adults.

Please join CIRI in welcoming its five summer interns.

Janssen Funeral Homes offers a 25 percent discount on full traditional services (visitation, service and burial costs) and a 10 percent discount on minimal services (burial only) for deceased CIRI shareholders and confirmed descendants.

The Inspector of Election has certified that CIRI shareholders have elected five individuals to serve three-year terms on the CIRI Board of Directors.

Recognizing her ongoing contributions to the Global Health and Social Medicine department at Harvard Medical School, Southcentral Foundation President/CEO Katherine Gottlieb has been reappointed as a visiting scientist.

Cook Inlet Tribal Council President and CEO and original CIRI shareholder Gloria O’Neill was recently appointed to the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, an independent federal committee.

On June 10, the Bristol Bay Area Health Corp. recovered human remains from the eroding grave site area located above Kanakanak Beach in Dillingham, Alaska. Potential claimants are being notified.

When 15-year-old CIRI descendant Judah Eason regarded the sealskin ball hanging above him at this year’s NYO, he flashed back to exactly one year ago, when the pain of a bone breaking in half halted his NYO weekend.

The 2018 Annual Meeting of CIRI Shareholders included cash prize drawings for shareholders who submitted a valid proxy by the proxy deadline, or who registered to vote in person at the Annual Meeting.

The 2018 Annual Meeting of CIRI Shareholders provided more than an opportunity to hear the results of the previous year’s financial performance and vote to elect the members of the CIRI Board of Directors.

To ensure a quorum is achieved for the Annual Meeting, the Early Bird Prize Drawings seek to reward shareholders who submit a valid proxy by certain dates in advance of the Annual Meeting.

Since 1995, CIRI’s Shareholder Participation Committees have helped increase two-way communication between CIRI and its shareholders, identify issues of immediate and long-term importance to shareholders and descendants, and educate shareholders and descendants on the corporation’s mission, business operations, corporate policies and other matters.

Though only a quarter inch in length, spruce bark beetles can wreak outsized devastation. Over the past 35 years, spruce beetle outbreaks in Alaska have contributed to the loss of an estimated 3 billion board feet of timber.

While the Anchorage ATHENA Society’s annual luncheon is focused on recognizing individual women who mentor and empower others, CIRI shareholder Gloria O’Neill (Yup’ik) chose to focus on the power of many in her acceptance speech.

View highlights from this year’s Native Youth Olympic games.

Path to Independence comprises a network of partners committed to changing the way the Anchorage community views, and solves, homelessness.

The CIRI Foundation general scholarship deadline is June 1, and the vocational training grant deadline is June 30.

As any Alaskan sport fishing enthusiast can attest, “combat fishing” is very much a reality. Nowhere is this more apparent than near the confluence of the Kenai and Russian Rivers, not far from the town of Cooper Landing (population: 300).

CIRI’s 2018 Shareholder Information Meetings will take place April 28 in Anchorage and May 12 in Puyallup, Wash. CIRI’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will take place June 2 in Soldotna, Alaska.

To encourage early submission of proxies, CIRI is offering $15,000 in Early Bird prizes!

Cook Inlet Tribal Council, a CIRI-affiliated nonprofit, offers free summer camps for Alaska Native and American Indian (AN/AI) students 12 to 14 and 15 to 21 years of age.

With the 2018 summer internship application deadline fast approaching (May 11), we thought we’d check in with a few of our former interns to see what they’re doing now.

CIRI recently released its 2017 Annual Report, which summarizes the company’s performance last year and contains information readers can use to better understand CIRI’s business and investments.

In December 2015, the Anchorage Assembly approved a resolution implementing a Vote by Mail election process beginning with the 2018 regular election.

As Tribal people, we are no strangers to higher-than-average rates of a laundry list of diseases and other health disparities. Among these are sleep-related deaths, including Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, which are a leading cause of infant death in Alaska between two months and 1 year of age.

In 2015, the Anchorage Assembly approved a resolution directing the Municipal Clerk’s Office to explore implementing a Vote by Mail election process beginning in 2018. The 2018 Regular Municipal Election will be the first to implement a Vote by Mail election system.

The 2018 Senior Native Youth Olympics will be held April 26-28 in Anchorage.

CIRI’s Information Technology (IT) department has come up with tips to help average users protect their devices. Read on for ways to increase your security awareness and help prevent cyber-attacks before they happen.

IRS 1099 forms for the 2017 tax year were mailed to shareholders on January 31, 2018. The proper IRS forms and schedules to use when completing your tax return may vary depending on the types of CIRI payments received.

Mark your calendar! Koahnic Broadcast Corporation’s 2018 Alaska Native Art Auction will take place April 4 in Anchorage.

It’s snack time for the toddlers in Grace White and Rose Savok’s classroom. As the two Clare Swan Early Head Start teachers help their young students wash their hands, they describe what they’re doing to help the children learn language.

As you may have noticed, CIRI did not produce a 2018 calendar. The cost for producing, printing and mailing the calendar is significant and increases each year.

About 200 miles west of Anchorage, near Farewell, lie two townships of mountainous CIRI property. As in previous years, recreational use permits will be issued for access to portions of the Farewell area for Dall sheep hunting in 2018.

The Raven’s Circle asked shareholders and confirmed descendants for photos interpreting the theme “Winter Wonderland.” Thank you to all those who sent in submissions!

Download the newest episode of CIRIosity, the CIRI podcast, “Reforming Criminal Justice in Alaska.”

With the holidays just behind us, you may have received a gift — a smartphone, tablet, TV or appliance — that connects to the internet. It’s important to keep in mind that modern technology gives hackers an opportunity to take control of your device.

On Nov. 16, it was announced that Southcentral Foundation, a CIRI-affiliated nonprofit, would receive a 2017 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

As CIRI’s Corporate Compliance manager, Raymie Hamann works hard to monitor and report on current trends and developments in the compliance industry and to identify emerging new risks and evolving industry practices.

We invite all CIRI shareholders and confirmed descendants to send us their photos interpreting the theme “Winter Wonderland” by Monday, Jan. 15. Selected photos will appear in a future Raven’s Circle.

The CIRI Nominating Committee seeks CIRI shareholders interested in nomination to the 2018 CIRI Board of Directors’ candidate slate.

Southcentral Foundation’s Annaul Gathering is a family-friendly event where you can learn more about services available at SCF and in the community.

What started as a small idea from the Peer Support Group has blossomed into an all-out effort by Cook Inlet Tribal Council’s (CITC) Peer Support Recovery team to lend Anchorage’s homeless community a helping hand.

An article in the October 2017 Raven’s Circle indicated that, if confirmed, Tara Sweeney would become the first Alaska Native person nominated by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to fill a senior government position.

On Sept. 8, Koahnic took home awards in six categories at the 2017 Native American Journalists Association awards.

View a photo gallery of the CIRI and The CIRI Foundation 2017 Friendship Potlatches.

Congratulations to Shareholder of the Year Greg Encelewski, Elder of the Year Gemma Gaudio and Youth Recognition Award recipient Julianne Wilson.

At 10:19 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19, as part of Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills being held nationwide, CIRI staff participated in a Drop, Cover, and Hold On exercise.

The final deadline for submitting documentation so that payment can be made has been set by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia as Nov. 27, 2017.

An Alaska Territorial Guard task force has been assembled and is searching for ATG members in order to provide them with honorable service records, including an honorable discharge.

A program that creates opportunities for students and recent graduates, CIRI’s summer internship program allows shareholders and descendants to gain insight into the company’s culture and businesses.

The final deadline for submitting documentation so that payment can be made has been set by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia as Nov. 27, 2017.

For her efforts to fight discrimination on behalf of Alaska Native peoples, Alaska civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich (Tlingit) will be commemorated on a $1 U.S. coin.

To ensure Alaska Native youth remain connected with their land, culture and heritage, since 2010 CIRI has sponsored a Student Conservation Association (SCA) Youth Crew.

As part of CIRI’s commitment to provide shareholders and descendants valuable experience in their career fields, this summer CIRI placed five young shareholders and descendants in temporary positions.

Download the newest episode of CIRIosity, “TCF at 35,” which explores the history of The CIRI Foundation.

Thank you to the nearly 300 shareholders and their family members who turned out for the 2017 Annual Meeting of CIRI Shareholders!

The Kenaitze Indian Tribe officially opened the 2017 Educational Fishery on May 1, welcoming scores of tribal members to the fishery site in Kenai for a day-long celebration.