Araina Marsden, CIRI descendent and shareholder through gifting, graduated from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo., on May 1 with a Bachelor of Arts in Art, emphasis in ceramics. Araina is the daughter of shareholder Dorthey Collard (stepfather Jim Collard) and shareholder John V. Marsden Sr. Araina has been accepted into the Master of Fine Arts program at Indiana University in Indiana, Penn., where she will continue her ceramics studies. Ariana is grateful for and sincerely thanks The CIRI Foundation for the scholarships it provided toward completion of her undergraduate degree.
Mission
The mission of CIRI is to promote the economic and social well-being and Alaska Native heritage of our Shareholders, now and into the future, through prudent stewardship of the company’s resources, while furthering self-sufficiency among CIRI Shareholders and their families.
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Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) is one of 12 regional corporations established in Alaska by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. CIRI is owned by nearly 9,500 Shareholders, primarily of Athabascan, Southeast Indian, Inupiat, Yup’ik, Alutiiq/Sugpiaq and Aleut/Unangax descent.
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