BSNC is pleased to announce Charlene Aqpik Apok as the 2019 awardee of the Bering Straits Foundation’s (BSF) newly-created Tim Towarak Memorial Scholarship. The Tim Towarak Memorial Scholarship is a...
Historical Spotlight: The Alaska Native Heritage Center Celebrates 20th Anniversary and Honors BSNC Shareholder Paul Tiulana
September 17, 2019by Media
This past spring, the Alaska Native Heritage Center celebrated its 20th Anniversary and honored BSNC shareholder Paul Tiulana, who was the original visionary for the Center. Opening its doors in...
BSNC Young Providers Committee Announces 2019 Awardees
September 3, 2019by Media
BSNC has announced the awardees of its 2019 Young Providers Award as Adelaine “Addy” Ahmasuk of Nome honoring Lela Kiana Oman, and Trevor Savetilik of Shaktoolik honoring Jacob Ahwinona. The...
BSNC Announces 2019 Elder Dividend Distribution
August 12, 2019by Media
The Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) Board of Directors has voted to declare a 2019 special Elder dividend distribution of $1,500, an increase of $500 more than the 2018 special...
The Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) Board of Directors has declared a record-high dividend of $7.00 per share to be issued in December, an increase of $2.00 more than the...
Village Life Stories There was a year when my father and I would wake up every day exactly at eight o’clock in the morning. We woke up every morning because...
BSNC Increases Scholarship Support
June 25, 2019by Media
Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) will double scholarship funding for undergraduate, graduate and vocational Bering Straits Foundation (BSF) student recipients. Newly approved scholarship increases will be offered for the fall...
Village Life Stories There was a crew of Native men that always went boating from spring to the end of summer time. One morning, they were getting ready to go...
Village Life Stories As I looked all over, there were trees like giants in one corner and mountains in the other. “Where are we grandma? I don’t remember this place.”...
BSNC shareholder Ada Blackjack Johnson, nee Deletuk, was born in 1898 in Solomon, Alaska. She moved to Nome, Alaska where at the age of 16 she married Jack Blackjack and...