Native America Calling

Friday, August 1, 2025 – Indigenous economic opportunities and threats in the Arctic

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Traditional culture meets global international economic development at the Bering Straits Native Corporation. The collection of tribes plays a key role in the Port of Nome that is working to develop the nation’s first deepwater port in the Arctic. It is among the big — and small — economic development visions for Indigenous people in the Arctic region. We’ll hear about those opportunities as well as some concerns about balancing financial and traditional environmental well-being being discussed at the Arctic Encounter Symposium in Anchorage, Alaska.

GUESTS

Haven Harris (enrolled tribal member of the Nome Eskimo Community), senior vice president of growth and strategy for the Bering Straits Native Corporation

Edward Alexander (Gwich’in), co-councilor for Gwich’in Council International

Rachel Kallander, founder and CEO of Arctic Encounter Summit

Kuno Fencker (Inuit), member of the parliament of Greenland

Thursday, July 31, 2025 – Bridging Indigenous cultures across the Arctic

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Canada, Norway, Denmark, and the U.S. are among the handful of countries with land above the Arctic Circle. Each of those has significant Indigenous populations with their own cultures built around the land, sea, and ice that they have always inhabited. We’ll hear from some of those Indigenous people who are working across borders to learn from, advocate for, and work with their counterparts in other countries. We’re broadcasting live from the Arctic Encounter Symposium in Anchorage, Alaska.

GUESTS

Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer (Iñupiaq), member of the board for the Arctic Encounter Symposium

Dr. Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon (Iñupiaq), Indigenous researcher and Arctic Fulbright Scholar

 

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