CIRI descendant Kurt Hermansen-Jent recently graduated from the Commercial Diving Academy in Jacksonville, Fla., with numerous professional diving, welding and medic certifications. Hermansen-Jent has been selected to enter the apprenticeship program with Alaska Piledrivers and Divers Local 2520. He thanks his family and The CIRI Foundation for their support.
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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