Alaska Native Coalition on Employment and Training - ANCET

10/30/2025

New online art directory seeks to promote, connect Alaska Native artists across the state. Via STORY 👉 https://tinyl.co/3spa

08/14/2025

Located in Utqiaġvik (Barrow) Alaska, Iḷisaġvik College offers quality post-secondary academic, vocational and technical education to meet workforce needs.

05/17/2024

Kawerak, Inc. Education, Employment, and Supportive Service 477 programs received the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Indian Services, Division of Workforce Development Specialist Award today on 5/16/2024 at the National NINAETC 166/477 Conferenece and Training! 🙌🏼😊🏆💯

This was an amazing honor for my staff and I at Kawerak to be recognized for our dedicated work helping the people from the Bering Strait region of Alaska to succeed in their Education, Employment and Training goals! I love the work I do and the support we get from our Board of Directors and Administration at Kawerak for their continued support and guidance that allows us to enhance services, implement new initiatives, and improve services and community support.

I want to recognize my EESS Leadership Team Kendra Takak, Pamela LaBar Cushman, Deb Trowbridge, Bridie Trainor, Niaomi Brunette, Sara Lizak, Katy Tomter, Denali Whiting, Tiffany Martinson and all of the amazing staff who work directly with students, trainees, participants, consumers, families, and children who are changing the lives of our people day by day. We could not do the work we do without their dedication, hard work, compassion, and initiative.
THANK YOU for being Rock Stars! 🤩💯🎉🌟

05/17/2024

Let's share a welcome and support of the new officers of the Native American Employment and Training Council. From right to left Patricia (Chair), Holly Morales CITC (Secretary) and Erwin (Vice Chair). Click like below. Thanks to you All

05/17/2024

Co-Chair’s Report of ANCET’s very first Annual Conference

From idea to implementation of ANCET’s very first statewide conference, was less than 6 months. Despite this, the planning committee, chaired by Luisa Machuca, worked tirelessly to ensure that every aspect of the conference met the quality standards that our membership deserve.

I am very proud to report that the conference was, in every aspect, a tremendous success. Great care and effort were taken in every detail of the conference to ensure its smooth operation. The conference had more than 150 participants, including presenters, keynote speakers, and attendees. All the information provided was valuable to the quality of services our member tribes strive to provide. The conference also provided access to various state and federal agency contacts, including AK-DOL, AWIB, NAETC, AFL-CIO, Denali Commission, UA-WD, and BIA-DWD, to name a few.

With the high standard established by this first conference, I look forward to our future conferences, and am confident that quality and value for our participating tribes will always be the Executive committee’s highest priority.

William Martin,
Co-Chair

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05/17/2024

On the final day of the 1st annual ANCET conference, we started the day with a fun and energetic presentation on How to Avoid Burnout and Embrace Humor in the Workplace. We then heard from the amazing Keynote Speakers Laurie Wolfe, President and CEO, from The Foraker Group on The Foraker Group on Supporting Your Leadership Trajectory LEAD UP, and Emily Edenshaw, President and CEO, with the Alaska Native Heritage Center on Authentic Cultural Programming: Grounding Implementation and Service Delivery in Alaska Native Ways of Knowing and Being. The final training in afternoon we explored Bridges Out of Poverty, retired the colors and had closing remarks.