Barbara Williams, an original CIRI enrollee, graduated from Northern Arizona University in December 2009 with a Master of Arts in English with Emphasis in Literacy, Technology and Professional Writing. Williams recently moved back to Alaska after a 12-year absence and is working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a budget analyst. “I have been a federal employee most of my working career. I started my federal career when I joined the Marine Corps at age 18, which was during the Vietnam era. I love English and enrolled in the English LTPW Program at NAU to improve my writing, cognitive and communication skills in my personal life and that of my profession.”
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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