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Ninilchik Natives Association, Inc

Fall

2018

The Ninilchik Natives Association, Inc. Fall 2018 Newsletter

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Info. 1. Cover Photo

2. Newsletter Info

3. A Message from the President

4. A Message from the CEO

6. Shareholder Updates

7. Holiday Invitations

8. NNAI Scholarship Program

9. Directory and Missing Shareholders

10. Advertisements/Affiliated Businesses

11. Change of Address/Name Form

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requests via post, fax or e-mail, and we will be happy to

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Keep updated on all NNAI news and find NNAI Forms at www.NNAI.net!

Mark Your Calendar November 22-23, 2018

NNAI Office Closed Thanksgiving Day Holiday

Saturday, December 15, 2018 10:00 am NNAI Board of Director Meeting Annual Ninilchik Christmas Dinner at the Ninilchik Village Tribe Community Center

From 4-6 pm

December 24-25, 2018 NNAI Office Closed Christmas Holiday

January 1, 2019 NNAI Office Closed

New Year’s Day Holiday

January 5, 2019 Anchorage New Year’s Dinner at the

The Embassy Suites, Anchorage From 4-7 pm

January 21, 2019 NNAI Office Closed

Martin Luther King Day

When: Thursday November 15 – December 31, 2018, or as weather allows (emergency closures may be announced)

Who: NNAI Shareholders and any other members of the public over the age of 18.

How: By permit only, issued by Ninilchik Tradition-al Council (NTC) on behalf of NNAI at 66590 Oil-well Road, from 9-5 Monday – Friday. Call (907) 567-3815 for additional information. Free for NNAI shareholders, all others $100/permit. Up to 5 cords wood.

Where: Lower 1200 Road (see map provided at NTC Resource Development Office when getting permit)

Cover Photo:

Picking berries this fall in the Ninilchik area is

Sophie Prosser. At 95, Sophie is one of the oldest

NNAI shareholders. She is an inspiration to us all!

2018 NNAI Firewood Cutting Program


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A Message From The President

Richard “Greg” Encelewski

President/Chairman

The Ninilchik Natives Association, Inc.

907.398.0884 c. | 907.567.3866 o. | [email protected]

Greetings Shareholders,

It is hard to believe it is November. We should be heading into winter. The rain has been unbelievable!

The following is a brief update in my roles as President of NNAI and Manager of Summit Holding. I am current-

ly working one to two days a week as President and another two days a week as Summit Manager. Summit

Holding oversees White Mountain and Red Point and it is growing and prospering. White Mountain received a

sizeable sole source contract for next year and keeps busy with several other projects as well. I am very

pleased with their progress to date.

Our Board of Directors continues to work on Board development. The following are steps we are taking to di-

rect our company in a positive direction.

Clarifying the authorities and responsibilities of both management vs. the Board

Clarifying the policies governing management

Improving new Board member orientation

Making certain that the needed activities to support Board decisions are carried out

We are aggressively working to update our shareholder records, estates and many other shareholder records.

Both Sharon and Loren recently received training on Granite, which is our shareholder records management

portal. The goal is to have a dedicated person to oversee and manage this critical and growing task.

I continue to represent NNAI’s interest and alignment with other village corps and CIRI on many fronts. This

includes Tikahtnu Forum, Village and Tribe meetings, the Southcentral Foundation Leadership team, and am

presently Chairman on South Central Subsistence Regional Advisory Council. The SCRAC studies proposals

and then makes recommendations to the Federal Subsistence Board.

The 2018 moose hunt was a good one for many shareholders. Through our resource management agreement,

the Ninilchik Traditional Council issued NNAI permits as well as CIRI permits. We continue to work on develop-

ing and strengthening our relationship with NTC. I was laid up with a severe leg infection so wasn’t able to

hunt. But in true village sharing, moose meat appeared in my shed!

I want to wish you all a great Holiday Season and a Merry Christmas! Please feel free to call with questions

and/or concerns.

Thank you,


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From the Chief Executive Officer

Dear Shareholder,

It’s late November here in the Village. With an initially warm and sunny start to fall, things quickly turned

cooler and wetter as the days grew shorter. As the holidays approach, many of us are waiting for colder

weather and lasting snow to finally arrive. I’m not sure we will have the deep freezes and heavy snows my

grandmother remembers here many Christmases ago, but I’m hopeful they will come. A white Christmas is

always a treat, in the Village or wherever it might occur.

Your NNAI team has been busy this fall. In our sand and gravel ventures, the warm start to fall allowed for

longer-than-expected operations from our Oilwell pits, including the new “MP18” site. Mining and deliveries

from these sites continued into October. I’m happy to report NNAI’s gravel ventures with our “AXA” partner-

ship were successful in their first year of operation. We were able to pay back development and operational

costs while generating positive cash-flow for NNAI. There are also good prospects in 2019 for continued com-

mercial and residential sales from these sites.

Residential land sales continued this fall, with additional inventory selling from our Angler’s Crest Subdivision.

NNAI’s inventory of residential lots has been slowly declining in recent years, meaning we have fewer lots to

sell from our existing subdivisions as demand for new building sites in the area remains steady. To this regard

we are working to bring additional phases of new lots to market from our remaining subdivided tracts,

starting next year. You’ll be hearing more on these new phases in 2019 as the project develops.

Many shareholders had good luck this year with their moose hunting efforts. Those hunting by permit on

NNAI lands reported good harvests in areas open to hunting. Once again, NNAI worked with the Ninilchik

Traditional Council (NTC) to manage the permit process and enforce trespass on our road systems. As in re-

cent years, your Board of Directors voted unanimously to allow moose hunting on NNAI lands for sharehold-

ers only. NTC helped enforce that directive. We are grateful to NTC and their Resource Department for their

hard work with the 2018 moose hunting program.

NNAI continues to work with NTC on numerous areas of land management. These include issuance and ad-

ministration of our 2018 firewood harvest program. Firewood permits are now available through the end of

December for up to 5 cords of dead wood on select NNAI lands.


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Loren Prosser

Chief Executive Officer

The Ninilchik Natives Association, Inc.

907.707.5245 c. | 907.567.3866 o. | [email protected]

Permits are free to NNAI shareholders and available to the public for a fee. We are working with NTC to in-

stall new mile-marker and “No-Trespass” signage on our main roadways, beginning with the Tall Tree road

system. NNAI and NTC are also working on developing a comprehensive long-term land-use plan (CLMP) for

NNAI’s lands. You will hear more on the CLMP in 2019 as we seek shareholder input on how NNAI should

develop, manage and access its more than 150,000 acres of lands in Southcentral Alaska.

Two large fish passage projects, which began collaboratively between NNAI and NTC in 2016, were complet-

ed this summer. Both sites were on the “1200 Road System” at Ninilchik and Silver Salmon Creeks. These

were constructed and installed by September 1st, just in time for moose hunting in nearby areas. Both pro-

jects successfully opened several miles of new anadromous fish-rearing habitat by replacing our older,

smaller diameter culverts with much larger ones. The projects were primarily funded by grants from the

USDA and US Fish & Wildlife agencies. Additional fish passage projects will continue in 2019. Engineering

and design work are currently underway for another large site within the lower Ninilchik River drainage.

Grant funding for this project has also been approved.

In our Shareholder Relations department we’ve been busy at work completing our transition to a new digital

system of records management. The system, known as Granite Software, was originally developed by CIRI

for its shareholder management efforts. When the transition to Granite is complete later next spring, it will

allow NNAI to securely and efficiently manage shareholder information, track shareholder certificates, im-

prove gifting of NNAI shares, and accurately expedite settlement of shareholder estates. It will also help

NNAI process dividend distributions more efficiently, including the use of direct deposit for future dividends.

As the year winds down, I’m able to look back and see what’s been accomplished this first year as your CEO.

Many of the activities previously initiated by our President and past-CEO Greg Encelewski were completed

in 2018. Some of these, such as recently permitted sand and gravel sites, were converted into new revenue

sources this year. Greg also supported maintaining a good working relationship between NNAI and NTC,

which continued in 2018. I’m grateful to Greg for his support and guidance during our transition this year.

Finally, our Board of Directors was instrumental in helping set and maintain a strategic plan for NNAI in 2018

and beyond. They have consistently been supportive of NNAI staff and our efforts, and for that I am also

grateful.

To have cohesion and collaboration between our NNAI staff, the Board of Directors, and the Ninilchik Tradi-

tional Council is a great blessing for NNAI. It’s not an automatic relationship, though. It takes constant work

and active communication. But it is a very real thing, and at the end of the day it’s a great value to you, our

shareholders.

Happy holidays to each of you this season, wherever this newsletter finds you. I wish you the best in the

new year!


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Shareholder Updates

We would like to congratulate William Dean Kvasnikoff, Jr. who was awarded the 2018 CIRI

Shareholder of the year. Dean was born in the village of Ninilchik where he resides today. He cur-

rently serves as the vice president of the Ninilchik Village. Please visit the following site to read more

on Dean:

http://www.ciri.com/2018-ciri-shareholder-elder-and-youth-awards/

CIRI has also chosen Ivan Encelewski for their Shareholder Spotlight. Ivan is the executive di-

rector of the Ninilchik Village Tribe/Ninilchik Traditional Council and was elected board chair of the

Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) Board of Directors. To read the article in it’s entirety go to:

http://www.ciri.com/shareholder-spotlight-ivan-encelewski/

We are proud of both Dean and Ivan for everything they do and for what they have accomplished. Thank you CIRI for providing this information and supplying the websites.

NNAI Shareholder Sharon Lee Culhane passed away at the age of 74

at the Providence Medical Center, Anchorage on October 18, 2018 .

Sharon was born in Ninilchik and was a life-long Alaskan. Sharon

was an active member of the Russian Orthodox Church. She loved

to travel, read, sew and most of all loved her family.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Katya Culhane. Sur-

vived by Thomas R Culhane; daughters, Tanya (Jeff) Henrikson,

Tricia (Joe) Mehall, Sarah (Travis) Johnson; son, Tim (Allison)

Culhane; grand children, Joshua and Ben Henrikson, Scott, Ava,

Lauren, Jack and Mia Culhane, Andrew and Joey Mehall; brothers

Greg Encelewski and Grant Encelewski; sisters Loretta Throop and

Judy Belcher.

http://www.ciri.com/2018-ciri-shareholder-elder-and-youth-awards/

http://www.ciri.com/shareholder-spotlight-ivan-encelewski/


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You’re Invited !

Christmas Dinner Saturday, December 15th, 2018 at 4pm

Ninilchik Village Tribe Community Center

15763 Kingsley Road, Ninilchik Ak

Rsvp: [email protected]

907.567.3866

New Year’s Dinner Saturday, January 5th, 2019

4:00 pm-7:00 pm

The Embassy Suites Hotel

600 E. Benson Blvd., Anchorage Ak

Rsvp: [email protected]

907.567.3866

The Staff and Board of Directors at NNAI would like to invite the

NNAI Shareholders and their families to the

Holiday Parties.

A delicious dinner will be provided at two locations to accommodate shareholders living in the

Ninilchik area as well as in the Anchorage area. Please RSVP as soon as possible and let us know

which dinner you’ll be able to attend. Shareholders in attendance will be eligible for door prizes.

We welcome you to bring your children and each child will receive a gift.

RSVP to:

[email protected] or (907) 567-3866


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Cook Inlet Tribal Council

Employment Training and

Services

The preferred job placement

program of NNAI.

citci.org/employment-training/

*This program awards up to $1,500 per issuance!*

Academic Requirements:

• High school Diploma or GED

• Enrolled in an eligible program at an

accredited institution

• Have a 2.5 cumulative grade point or

higher

Award Terms:

• Upon receiving an award, students must maintain all eligibility requirements in order to remain in good standing with TCF and remain eligible for future funding

• Fund uses: direct educational expenses including tuition, student registrations fees, course-required book/supplies, and on-campus house and meal plans.

• Applicants will be evaluated based on the information submitted with their application.

• Awards are subject to available funding.

Scholarship Deadlines: June 1st and December 1st Vocational Training Grant Deadline: June 30th

Established in 1992 the NNAI

Scholarship and Grant program is

facilitated through the CIRI Foundation.

This program offers post-secondary

education scholarships and vocational

training grants to

NNAI Original Enrollees, their direct

lineal descendants and current

voting shareholders.

These Scholarships encourage

professional preparation for careers

after high school and to enhance

employment skills of eligible and

qualified NNAI beneficiaries.

To Apply Visit

thecirifoundation.org

EARN your GED

Want to improve on your English and/or

Math and earn your GED?

Free help is available in Ninilchik.

Kenai Peninsula College at 907-262-0327 ;

[email protected]


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MISSING SHAREHOLDERS

Please remember to keep your shareholder records up to date.

If you know how to contact anyone listed here, please let our

office know!

The NNAI Change of Address form is available on our

website NNAI.net as well as in this Newsletter.

Landon Beatty Ann Bleakley Allen Kelly Boyd Leman Amirah Marey Jonnie Matson Cynthia Oskolkoff Mandi Patrick Kelli Pickford David Wilson

NNAI DIRECTORY

NNAI CORPORATE

PO Box 39130

15730 Sterling Hwy

Ninilchik, AK 99639

M-F 9 am—5 pm 1-888-301-1058; 907-567-3866

[email protected]

Shareholder Relations [email protected]

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Richard “Greg” Encelewski President/Chairman [email protected] | 907-398-0884

Amanda Matson Vice-President [email protected] | 907-953-1134

Michelle Partridge Secretary/Treasurer [email protected] | 907-252-7141

Larry George Matson Director [email protected] | 907-252-2443

Arnold Oskolkoff Director [email protected] | 907-252-5928

Roberta Oskolkoff Director [email protected] | 907-283-7748

Jacqueline Waldron Director [email protected] | 907-444-4188

STAFF

Richard “Greg” Encelewski President/Summit

Manager [email protected] 907-398-0884

Loren Prosser Chief Executive Officer [email protected] 907-707-5245

Sharon Dullinger Office Admin [email protected] 907-567-3866


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907-299-3317 c 907-283-3969

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