Kenaitze Indian Tribe

U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge made the announcement in Kenai this morning. It's part of a $128 million award for tribal housing projects around the country.

The tribe has released a survey about its forthcoming fixed-route bus system, Kahtnu Area Transit. The survey will help the tribe decide on a route and bus stops.

The forthcoming bus system is set to run between Nikiski and Sterling with fixed stops. Consultants presented about the plan for the bus system during a Soldotna Chamber of Commerce luncheon this week.

Helen Dick learned the Dena'ina language growing up in Lime Village and has taught many members of the tribe in the decades since. The Kenaitze Indian Tribe and Kenai Peninsula College held a celebration for Dick this week.

The Kenai Peninsula is a vast collection of distant communities, which makes it a difficult place to navigate without a car. This week, representatives from many local organizations got together to discuss the gaps in public transportation on the peninsula, and what can be done to fill them.

The Alaska Russian Orthodox tradition of "starring" is actually Ukrainian in origin. Father Thomas Andrew visited the Kenaitze Tribe's elder center this week to perform the ceremony.

A $230,000 grant from the Bureau of Indian Affairs will allow the tribe to explore options for securing the graveyard, which is located close to the eroding bluff.

Kenaitze Indian Tribal member Sam Schimmel has been working with Get Out the Native Vote from Kenai, where he was born and raised, and now from Washington, D.C., where he's a law student.

The Kenaitze Indian Tribe received a two-year Emergency Native Language grant from the American Rescue Plan Act to hold free Dena’ina language workshops for beginners. The series is part of a mosaic of language revitalization work from the Kenaitze Indian Tribe

Tribal entities in Alaska — including the Kenaitze Indian Tribe and Ninilchik Village — are getting more federal funding to fight opioid misuse in their communities.