Shareholder and Descendant Spotlight

Spotlight: Tyonek’s community garden

Getting food from Anchorage is a problem nearly everyone in Tyonek faces — which is part of the reason why, in 2008, the village made ...
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Shareholder and Descendant Spotlight

Spotlight: Albert Harrison and Lisa Wade

Every Thursday, between 20 and 75 people gather for the weekly Elders’ Lunch in Chickaloon—an opportunity for folks in the community to catch up, connect ...
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Spotlight: Debbie Fullenwider

“I haven’t retired. I keep hearing that rumor, but I never said I was retiring,” insists Debbie Fullenwider. Since 1973, she’s served in a variety ...
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Spotlight: Hallie Bissett

“I literally worked from the ground up to get on the CIRI board,” says Hallie Bissett, CIRI shareholder and member of CIRI’s Board of Directors. ...
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Spotlight: Arlen Fisk

Building from adrenaline: CIRI shareholder Arlen Fisk (Aleut) isn’t afraid to work hard. December 2013 found him staying late in the labs at the University ...
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Spotlight: Elaine Stefanowicz

1982: “The world was not as accessible then,” says CIRI shareholder Elaine Stefanowicz (Iñupiaq) of Tacoma, Washington.
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