NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (NANA) is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) in settlement of Alaska Native land claims. NANA was incorporated in Alaska on June 7, 1972. NANA is a for-profit corporation with a land base in the Kotzebue area in northwest Alaska . Its corporate office is in Kotzebue, Alaska . NANA's Alaska Native shareholders are of Inupiat descent.
10-508: The Northwest Arctic Native Association (now the Maniilaq Association ) was NANA's predecessor, and played a key role in the effort to resolve Alaska Native land claims that led to passage of ANCSA. However, NANA is not an acronym today. According to the 2021 Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index (AERI), NANA Regional Corporation is ranked no. 20 among 120 oil, gas, and mining companies involved in resource extraction north of
20-504: A merger of the area’s regional corporation and ten of the eleven village corporations resulted in NANA’s ownership of both the surface and subsurface acreage, with the exception of the surface acreage Kikiktagruk Iñupiat Corporation (KIC) retained. The land selection and conveyance process is now largely completed, but the work of our Lands Department continues to ensure that our rights are never again in question. NANA-owned lands are managed by
30-683: A senior management team. The 23 member NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. Board is elected solely by NANA shareholders. It is made up of two Iñupiat shareholder board members from each NANA village (with the exception of Kotzebue with one board seat) and an Elder Advisor. Most of NANA's approximately 15,000 shareholders are Alaska Natives of Inupiat descent. As an ANCSA corporation, NANA has no publicly traded stock and its shares cannot legally be sold, though Class A, B and C stocks can be inherited or gifted. Unlike other American corporations, NANA - as an Alaska Native Corporation, has economic, social and cultural responsibilities to its shareholders. Until 1971,
40-578: Is the primary health care facility for the residents of the Northwest Arctic Borough and Point Hope. The 80,000 square foot hospital houses facilities to provide primary, emergency, psychiatric, dental, and long-term care, as well as an inpatient wing with 17 beds for recovering patients. Maniilaq operates clinics in 11 outlying villages. These villages are staffed by Community Health Aide Practitioners (CHAPs), who are trained in basic health assessment and can treat common illnesses or use
50-469: The Arctic Circle. In 2015, NANA spilled 61 barrels of oil (2,561 gallons) onto the wet tundra of Alaska, where it flowed 200 yards into a nearby stream. The EPA fined NANA $ 24,500 for this act of pollution and they were forced to pay approximately $ 2,000,000 in compliance costs. NANA is a shareholder-managed corporation that is guided by a board of directors, composed of Inupiat shareholders, and
60-697: The NANA Lands and Regional Affairs Department. NANA subsidiaries include: Maniilaq Association The Maniilaq Association is a tribally-operated health and social services organization serving the Northwest Arctic Borough and the North Slope community of Point Hope . Maniilaq has over 500 employees and is the largest employer in the region. "Maniiḷaq" is a word in the Iñupiaq language meaning "without money", reflecting
70-667: The issue of land ownership in Alaska was divisive. Oil was discovered on Alaska's North Slope and Alaska Native peoples, including the Iñupiat of northwest Alaska, worried about maintaining rights to traditional lands and the ability to protect their valuable subsistence resources. The passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (or ANCSA) helped resolve many of the issues surrounding land rights. ANCSA created 12 regional corporations in Alaska (a 13th
80-767: The new, for-profit NANA Regional Corporation . This spelling was later changed, giving the organization its current name. In 1975, Maniilaq merged with the Kotzebue Area Health Corporation, which had been formed in 1973. Between 1980 and 1981, Maniilaq underwent a significant expansion with the construction of a new health facility in Kotzeube . Maniilaq assumed management of the Indian Health Service 's local hospital program on July 1, 1988. Maniilaq Health Center in Kotzebue
90-628: The organization's nonprofit status. It is also the name of an early nineteenth century prophet who lived in the region. The Northwest Alaska Native Association (NANA) was formed in 1966 to advocate for the land claims of the Native people of the northwest arctic. After the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971, NANA was renamed to the Mauneluk Association to avoid confusion with
100-469: Was added later), and the state and Alaska Native groups worked together to select lands for each region. Each of these regions formed a for-profit corporation to manage these land rights. Today, NANA owns 2,280,000 acres (9,200 km), or approximately 9.4 percent of the 24,300,000 acres (98,000 km) that comprise the NANA region. NANA lands encompass an area that is roughly the size of Indiana. In 1972,
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