MISSION:

We improve the quality of life for our people by maximizing economic growth, protecting and enhancing our lands, and promoting healthy communities with decisions, actions, and behaviors inspired by our Iñupiat Ilitqusiat values consistent with our core principles.

Founded in 1972, NANA is an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) that exists to improve the quality of life for our more than 13,000 Iñupiat shareholders by maximizing economic growth, protecting and enhancing our lands, and promoting healthy communities

NANA Core Principles:

Honesty and integrity will govern our activities. Commitments made will be fulfilled. Everyone will be treated with dignity and respect

DESCRIPTION:

NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (NANA) is a Regional Alaska Native corporation formed in 1971 under the Alaska Native Land Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). NANA is owned by more than 13,000 Iñupiat shareholders from Northwest Alaska.

NANA owns the land on which Red Dog Mine is situated, and NANA shareholders receive direct and meaningful benefits from development at the mine. For more than two decades, the Red Dog Mine, one of the world’s largest zinc mines, has stood as a model of responsible resource development, founded on the principles of consensus, cooperation, and mutual respect between a mining company and indigenous people. The mine was developed in 1982 under an innovative operating agreement between NANA, a Native corporation owned by the Iñupiat people of northwest Alaska, and Teck Alaska, Inc. (Teck), a U.S. subsidiary of Teck Resources Limited, a diversified mining and metals company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

CONTACT DETAILS

NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.

PO Box 49 Kotzebue, AK 99752 United States

Ph: +1 800-478-3301

Email news@nana.com

Web: http://www.nana.com/