Shareholder Inspires Stronger Cultural Identity Through Artistry
Golga Qukailnguq Oscar from Kasigluk inspires young people to explore their culture and preserves Yup’ik traditions by creating hundreds of art pieces.
Summer 2023 Internships Available
The application period is underway for Calista’s Summer 2023 Internship Program. Early submissions are encouraged as recruitment and hiring will occur during the application period. The deadline for applications is March 15.
Yup’ik Teaching Moment: Calivika
Nature provided our ancestors with all they needed. Calivika [cha-LEE-week-ah] is Yup’ik for “My Workplace.”
Measuring Merbok Storm Impacts
We know Typhoon Merbok was a historic storm but how does it rank compared to past storms in our region? What was done to gather information for threatened communities in our region?
Feeding the Region: Aruqutet 2022 Project
Calista provided a $1.6 million grant to the Bethel CSF in January 2022 to provide food boxes to households throughout the Calista Region.
Yulista CARES Delivers Backpacks to Hooper Bay and Chevak
Yulista and Calista Corporation staff delivered backpacks and school supplies to all students in Hooper Bay and Chevak on the first day of school.
YK Communities Invited to Participate in Climate Change Research
A team of scientists wants to team up with one or more Y-K Delta coastal communities to study climate change processes underway along Alaska’s coast.
Yup’ik Teaching Moment: Kangiliriyaraq
Kangiliriyaraq (Gong-eely-GHEE-yah-UK) in Yup’ik means “to provide with a new start” as it relates to Yup’ik naming practices. This Yup’ik Teaching Moment features the Albertina Dull.
NTIA Awards Broadband Grant to Alaska FiberOptic Project partnership
The Alaska FiberOptic Project will connect Lower Kalskag, Upper Kalskag, Tuluksak, Akiak, Akiachak, Kwethluk and Napakiak to with a fiber-optic cable.
Calista Corporation Announces 2022 Elders’ Benefit Distribution
Calista Corporation has announced the 2022 Elders’ Benefit Program distribution, which has increased 4 percent over 2021, for a total authorized distribution of about $1 million.