04/13/2026
✨Building Connections for Unangan and Bering Sea Residents Worldwide ✨
Our secretary, Hannah Zimmerman, sat down with the Norwegian Newspaper Ságat to talk about our international collaborations with Sámi Indigenous Artists, leaders, activists, and handicrafters to develop tanning and creative industries from our region that span across the Arctic.
We were also excited to discuss how inspiration from The Saami Council led us to create the Bering Sea and Strait Indigenous Islanders' Alliance.
As Hannah says (English translation), "Sámi organizations in Europe are something we in Alaska have a lot to learn from. It was through the experiences with the Sámi Council that we decided to establish the Bering Sea and Strait Indigenous Islanders’ Alliance.
– Our goal is to build an organization that can protect the Bering Sea indigenous peoples in a similar way to the Sámi Council. We have already started the process of applying for Arctic Council Permanent Participant status through the Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat."
If you are in the US/Canada and want to and/or struggling to get a copy of this article, let us know!
We hope you will support our candidacy to become a permanent participant on the Arctic Council, with our international headquarters on St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea. More info coming soon! 🤩
Ved University of Alaska leder Hannah Zimmerman det som regnes som et unikt studietilbud globalt: et samisk språk- og kulturprogram der undervisningen foregår på engelsk.
