Native America Calling: Indigenous economic opportunities and threats in the Arctic

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Native America Calling: Indigenous economic opportunities and threats in the Arctic

Friday, August 1, 2025

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Indigenous economic opportunities and threats in the Arctic

Traditional culture meets global international economic development at the Bering Straits Native Corporation in Alaska.

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 peoples in the Arctic region.

Tune in to 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.

The Port of Nome in Alaska is located within the homelands of the communities served by the Bering Strait Native Corporation. Photo: Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen / U.S. Coast Guard

Guests on Native America Calling

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