Category: The Drift Newsletter
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Stories of the Middle Kuskokwim: Springtime Foods
Middle Kuskokwim wisdom, deeply rooted in our families and traditions, has been passed down through generations since time immemorial. This knowledge holds the keys to understanding our history, our land, and the values that bind us together as a community. Yet, as more TKC Shareholders move away from the region, the vital connection to our…
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TKC Celebrates Slaviq
We know many of our Shareholders and their families are of Russian Orthodox faith and we look forward to opportunities where we can bring everyone together. In recent years, we have hosted Slaviq celebrations in both our Anchorage and Aniak offices. On Friday, Jan. 10, TKC staff, Shareholders, family members, and friends gathered in the…
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Shareholder Development: Building Capacity with our People
Our Corporation’s motto is “cutting a path to a better future,” and we understand not everyone’s path is going to look the same. We work to provide programs, services, and opportunities to benefit all our Shareholders, wherever they are on their path, so they can be successful and self-sustainable. In the last year, we launched…
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coming together: early winter meetings
We spend much of the summer and fall gathering and getting ready for the long winters we know are coming. Fishing, hunting, and harvesting before freeze-up. And then, as the seasons turn, we look to spending time together, and that’s what we did this early winter. TKC sponsored three convenings in late 2024; The Middle…
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Harvest to Home: Timber Harvester Training
TKC recently hosted a Timber Harvester Training in Red Devil. The five-day training, which was made possible in part by a grant from the U.S. Forest Service, was part of the workforce development component of our Harvest to Home project. Harvest to Home (H2H) is TKC’s holistic housing project which aims to provide affordable housing…
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In-region GED Prep & Tutoring Services Now Available through Arviiq Center
TKC’s motto is “cutting a path to a better future.” We understand that the way a person defines success and the path they choose to get there may be different from one person to the next. We value the people of our region and strive to provide opportunities that support them along their own path…
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TKC Launches Youth Development Scholarship
We recently took a look at our demographics and mapped out ways to better engage with Shareholders across generations. With services like workforce development and trainings through the Arviiq Center, which are designed for those of the workforce age, we recognized a need to support the personal, academic, and social growth of our younger Shareholders.…
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Youth Shareholders Attend Culture Camps Sponsored by TKC ROOTS
We are committed to providing opportunities that help preserve the values, knowledge, languages and traditions of the people of the Middle Kuskokwim. The Kuskokwim Corporation (TKC) is proud to support our tribes as they work to create space and opportunities for our young people to spend time with Elders, Knowledge Holders, Culture Bearers, the land,…
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Subsidiary Spotlight: Precision Air
In 2023 the U.S. Department of State (DoS) had an urgent requirement to acquire and install advanced sensors on several aircraft platforms. These sensors would enable DoS and partner nations to better track and interdict illegal activities in the Western Hemisphere. This requirement was complicated by the need for the total solution to be supplied…
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Shareholder Spotlight: James Gregory, Sr.
TKC Shareholder & long-time wildfire fighter James Gregory, Sr. recently passed his fire fighter pack test at age 70. James Gregory, Sr., a TKC Shareholder and resident of Kalskag, has represented our region and served as a firefighter along the Middle Kuskokwim, across the state, and in the lower 48 for more than 50 years.…