CIRI shareholder and descendants who are also mother and son graduated this spring. Tammie Rodriquez graduated from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) on May 16 with a bachelor’s degree in health care administration. Her son, Tracy Rodriquez Jr., graduated from Rancho High School (Medical Academy) on June 16. Tammie plans to obtain her master’s degree in health care administration at UNLV and pursue a career in Alaska Native and Native American communities. Tracy Jr. has also been accepted at UNLV to complete prerequisites for entrance into medical school to become a general surgeon. Tammie is the daughter and granddaughter of original enrollees Dolores R. Smith and Julia Olga Johnson. Tammie is married to Tracy Rodriquez, and they are the proud parents of high school graduate Tracy Jr. and three other children, Sam, Victoria and Mark.
Mission
The mission of CIRI is to promote the economic and social well-being and Alaska Native heritage of our Shareholders, now and into the future, through prudent stewardship of the company’s resources, while furthering self-sufficiency among CIRI Shareholders and their families.
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Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) is one of 12 regional corporations established in Alaska by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. CIRI is owned by nearly 9,300 Shareholders, primarily of Athabascan, Southeast Indian, Inupiat, Yup’ik, Alutiiq/Sugpiaq and Aleut/Unangax descent.
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