Alaska Inter-Tribal Council

As a result of controversy spread by KBFX's radio stations broadcasting remarks slanderous towards Native Women. AITC has released the following statement regarding our expectations for public media broadcasts.

Spring 2008 Application (DEADLINE EXTENDED)
Alaska Village Air Quality Mini-grant Projects

Alaska Inter-Tribal Council (AITC) is currently accepting applications for funding to support air quality projects during calendar year 2008. Funding amounts will be up to $7,000 and will be awarded through a competitive process to approximately 3 to 8 Alaska Native villages. Selected proposals will reflect community efforts to reduce risks from air pollution in Alaskan Native Villages.
Deadline: Postmarked or submitted electronically by May 16, 2008

AITC is dedicated to development of information sharing technology.

In an effort to provide tribes with information sharing resources, we are proud to announce http://calendar.nunat.net .

This web based calendar is designed to provide tribes with a method of scheduling and colaborating on events.

Any user may easilly post an event to the web calendar.
These events are posted online and are easilly accessed at
http://calendar.nunat.net.

AITC has been extremely busy since the start of 2008. We have new staff members, began the Citizens Energy/CITGO Heating Oil Program, continued our efforts in tribal capacity building through the NEIEN, Air Quality, and IGAP Grants and have continued to partner with Dr. Aaron Wernham through the Robert Woods Foundation Grant.

New Personnel
I would like to welcome new staff members to AITC:

• Brad Garness joined us in January as the IT Director and NUNAT.NET web developer;
  

A Tribal Council Resolution is required to appoint the Tribe's voting delegate. See the attached example below. Deadline to submit the resolution is December 3, at 12:00 noon.

A sample Action Resolution is attached below, which is used to submit a resolution for action on the floor of the Conference. Deadline to submit is on December 3, at 12:00 noon.

Position papers & documents

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)

• NCAI Resolution #BIS-02-056 May 26, 2005, the AITC Executive Council approved the reconfirmation of its position against the development of ANWR in 2002
• July 29, 2005, AITC presented an opposition paper against development of ANWR at the Meeting of the Minds Conference in Anchorage, Alaska. The position paper was forwarded electronically to all federally recognized Alaska Native tribes