AVCP

Napaskiak Career & Resource Fair
2019-03-22 13:00 - 16:00 UTC
AVCP Tribal Workforce Development and the village of Napaskiak would like to invite you to the Napaskiak Career and Resource Fair on Monday, March 22, 2019 at the Napaskiak High School.
Vendors from all over the region will be attending!
For more information please contact:
Brenda Carmichael, Workforce Development Specialist
907-737-7365

Connecting Youth to Elders: Oral History Reading with Monica Shelden
2019-03-19 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center, 420 Chief Eddie hoffman Highway, Bethel, AK, 99559, United States
Youth are invited to join Elders in listen and discussing the oral history accounts of Ulicimaaleq (Walter Kelly), read by Oral Historian, Monica Shelden.
This account was translated by Monica and published in the Alaska Journal of Anthropology. She will be reading the untranslated original text. Her translations will be read by Steve Street, Director of Cultural & Environmental Sciences. Healthy Families Elders will lead a discussion after the reading.
Preview the text HERE.

Kwethluk Career & Resource Fair
2019-03-18 10:00 - 16:00 UTC
AVCP Tribal Workforce Development and the village of Kwethluk would like to invite you to the Kwethluk Career and Resource Fair on Monday, March 18, 2019.
Vendors from all over the region will be attending!
For more information please contact:
Martin Nicolai, Workforce Development Specialist
907-757-6320

Waterfowl Conservation Committee (WCC), Spring 2019
2019-03-14 10:30 - 17:00 UTC | AVCP Family Service Center, 1220 State Highway, Bethel, AK, 99559, United States
For more information, please contact Jennifer Hooper, Director of Natural Resources.
907.543.7471
jhooper@pcva.247ikonic.com

New Employee Orientation
2019-03-13 09:00 - 2019-03-14 17:00, 2019-02-27 09:00 - 2019-02-28 17:00, 2019-02-13 09:00 - 2019-02-14 17:00, 2019-01-30 09:00 - 2019-01-31 17:00, 2019-01-16 09:00 - 2019-01-17 17:00 UTC

Tribal Consultation: Land-into-Trust in Alaska
2019-03-05 14:30 - 16:30 UTC | Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center, 420 Chief Eddie hoffman Highway, Bethel, AK, 99559, United States
This event has been postponed until further notice due to the federal shutdown.

RSVP to <consultation@bia.gov>
Federally recognized Tribes in Alaska and Alaska Native Corporations to participate in the consultation to discuss the Secretary’s legal authority to take land into trust in Alaska and on the issues left unresolved by Sol. Op. M-37043.
More information found here.

Tribal Consultation - Alaska IRA
2019-03-05 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center, 420 Chief Eddie hoffman Highway, Bethel, AK, 99559, United States
This event has been postponed until further notice due to the federal shutdown.

RSVP to <consultation@bia.gov>
“In effort to provide more clarity and transparency to those groups seeking to organize under the Alaska IRA, the Department invited both, Federally recognized Tribes in Alaska and Alaska Native Corporations, to participate in a listening session and series of consultations to be held in Alaska in the upcoming months to discuss how the Department might better implement the statute’s acknowledgment provisions.”
Read more from the U.S. Department of Interior, Indian Affairs website, here.

Healthy Families Workshop
2019-03-05 - 2019-03-08
Healthy Families uses Elluarluteng Ilakutellriit; a framework demonstrating the life cycle of traditional practices, values and beliefs, as told by Elders from around the region and the late Peter Jacobs. The program currently offers a three-and-a-half day workshop, which is held monthly in Bethel. Facilitators are available to work directly with Tribes to host Workshops at the community level. Local agencies also utilize the Healthy Families Workshop as a training tool for staff who are new to the region, which strengthens their ability to provide services in culturally appropriate ways.
Complete this Registration Form to reserve a seat in the next available workshop.

Rural Student Services' Rural & Alaska Native Student Scholarship & Internship Fair
2019-03-01 11:00 - 16:00 (America/Anchorage) | University of Alask Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
AVCP Tribal Workforce Development is looking forward to seeing you at the Rural Student Services Scholarship and Internship Fair!
UAF Wood Center Wood Center Multi-Level Lounge at
University of Alaska Fairbanks, 11am -4pm!

Healthy Families Workshop
2019-02-12 - 2019-02-15, 2019-01-29 - 2019-02-01
Healthy Families uses Elluarluteng Ilakutellriit; a framework demonstrating the life cycle of traditional practices, values and beliefs, as told by Elders from around the region and the late Peter Jacobs. The program currently offers a three-and-a-half day workshop, which is held monthly in Bethel. Facilitators are available to work directly with Tribes to host Workshops at the community level. Local agencies also utilize the Healthy Families Workshop as a training tool for staff who are new to the region, which strengthens their ability to provide services in culturally appropriate ways.

Deadline to submit written input on Alaska IRA and/or Land-into-Trust in Alaska
2019-01-25
Please email your comments to consultation@bia.gov before 8 p.m. (Jan. 25, 2018) to meet the announced deadline (midnight Eastern Standard Time, Dec. 20, 2018).
Read more information on the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs website here.

Holiday - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2019-01-21
All services will be temporarily unavailable in observation of the holiday.

Deadline - higher education tuition assistance
2018-12-30
Our Education Employment and Training (EET) Department offers higher education tuition assistance to tribally enrolled members of AVCP compacted tribes.
The deadline to apply for spring semester tuition assistance is Dec. 30, 2018.
Call (907)543-7430
Fax (907)543-4261
Requirements:

Must be seeking a degree in a college or university (associates, bachelors, graduate or professional).
No residency requirement!

Funding is based on:

Amount of credits as part-time or full-time status
Budget forecast unmet need (prepared by your school’s financial aid office)

All Staff Meeting
2018-12-18 - 2018-12-19
All services will be temporarily unavailable during our annual All Staff Meeting.

All Units Teleconference
2018-12-12 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Kotlik, Kotlik, AK, 99620, United States
This quarter’s All Units Teleconference is hosted by Kotlik.

Child Welfare Tribal-State Collaboration Meeting
2018-12-11 - 2018-12-13 | AVCP Regional Housing Authority Conference Room in Bethel, 411 Ptarmigan St., Bethel, AK, 99559, United States
Our AVCP Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) advocates set aside time every year, to come together with the State of Alaska Office of Children’s Service (OCS) Western Region. Together, we share experiences and best practices. This year’s focus is on permanency through teamwork.
Presentations:
Tuesday, Day 1
Structured Decision Making (SDM): Marita Hanson, AVCP Prevention and Early Intervention
Wednesday, Day 2
Permanency Options: Jack Eddy, Social Services Program Coordinator, & Raphael Martins, RILS Western
IA’s Gerald Sherman, OCS Staff Manager,; Megan Sennie, AVCP Advocate III
OCS In-home Services: Amanda Meppen, OCS Acting PSS IV Eco-Mapping Exercise: Cedric Houston-FIT Coordinator, AK Child and Family Bryan Jones, Meghan Crow – Lower Kuskokwim School District (LKSD)
Thursday, Day 3
Understanding Protective Factors when working with SDM – an Evidence-Based Prevention Model: Valerie Chadwick, AVCP ICWA Director
Orutsararmiut Native Council (ONC) Presentation: Sophie Jenkins, ONC Social Services Director

28th annual Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Providers Conference
2018-11-27 08:00 - 2018-11-29 17:00 UTC
A significant number of AVCP staff, who work closely with the BIA, will be attending the BIA Providers Conference in Anchorage, Alaska.
To view an agenda, click here.

Temporary Closure
2018-11-22 - 2018-11-23
AVCP staff will be taking a long weekend to spend time with family.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Regular office hours will resume Monday, Nov. 26, 2018.

Tribal Court Workshop
2018-11-13 08:00 - 2018-11-14 17:00 UTC
The AVCP 2018 Tribal Court Workshop is scheduled for November 13 and 14, 2018 at the Alaska Bible Seminary in Bethel, Alaska and is sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services, Office of Tribal Justice Support.
The registration for this training for each person is due by October 30th, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. If this form is received by the AVCP Tribal Justice Center later than that, travel, lodging and per diem will not be provided. ***PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A HIGH POSSIBILITY THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO SHARE A ROOM WITH ANOTHER PARTICIPANT***
The trainers are:
Lisa Marie Lang (Ka’illjuus): Ka’illjuus is the founding and current Executive Director of the XKKF (Xaadas Kil Kuyaas Foundation or Precious Haida Words Foundation) since the 501(c)(3) received status approval in 2010. She is a member of the Yawghlaanaas (Raven/Two Fin Killer Whale Clan) from Hydaburg, Alaska.
Kevin Illingworth: Kevin Illingworth is an Associate Professor with the University of Alaska Tribal Management Program. Kevin was raised in Alaska’s Interior and graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks before receiving his Law Degree from the University of Idaho. At the University, Kevin primarily teaches courses in topics such as Tribal Government, Federal Indian Law, and Tribal Justice. Kevin has presented at numerous Statewide and National conferences, and numerous Alaska Tribal Court Trainings.
Adele Young: Adele Young has been a staff attorney for Alaska Legal Services in Bethel since spring 2015. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in New York and her Juris Doctorate from William & Mary Law School in Virginia.
Debra O’gara: My name is Debra O’Gara. My Tlingit name is Djik Sook. I am Raven from the Cedar Bark House of the Teey Hit Taan Clan. I grew up in the Seattle area and spent summers in Mountain Village, Alaska, where my mother was born and raised. My Grandmother, Frances Tamaree Sheppard was born and raised in Wrangell and she was the daughter of Tillie Paul Tamaree and William Tamaree. I am the great niece of William Paul, Sr. I have practiced laws for over 26 years and am currently the Presiding Judge for the Tlingit & Haida Tribal Court.

The workshop is open for AVCP Member Tribal Court Judges, Clerks, Court Administrators, and Tribal Council Members. The training will focus on topics such as Federal Indian law, tribal court procedures, ethics and roles of court staff, codes and constitutions, and other relevant Tribal Court topics, and will be concluded on November 14, 2018. Note that participants can expect to depart from Bethel on November 15th.

If you have any questions regarding this, feel free to contact:
Denise Nerby Sinea Williams
Tribal Justice Assistant Director Tribal Justice Program Coordinator
dnerby@pcva.247ikonic.com swilliams@pcva.247ikonic.com

Charlene Wuya Virginia Charlie
Tribal Services Assistant Director Tribal Services Secretary
cwuya@pcva.247ikonic.com vcharlie@pcva.247ikonic.com

P.O. Box 219
Bethel, AK 99559
Phone: 907-545-8550/907-543-7380
Fax: 907-543-7379

Tribal ID Temporary Closure
2018-10-23 - 2018-10-25

Southwest Population and Economic Data Conference in Bethel
2018-10-05 08:45 - 16:00 UTC | Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center, 420 Chief Eddie hoffman Highway, Bethel, AK, 99559, United States
To look at the agenda and register online, click here.

Annual AVCP Convention
2018-10-02 - 2018-10-04
2018 Annual AVCP Convention held at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center in Bethel, Alaska

YK Delta Subsistence Regional Advisory Council
2018-09-27 09:00 - 17:00, 2018-09-26 13:30 - 17:00 UTC | AVCP Regional Housing Authority Conference Room in Bethel, 411 Ptarmigan St., Bethel, AK, 99559, United States
