CIRI shareholder Avery Vilche won a title belt in the 125-pound class range by TKO at the “Rumble in Wyoming” title fights in Casper, Wyo., on April 25. Avery is a professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter. She is working with a production company to complete a documentary about her journey and experiences competing in the World Eskimo Indian Olympics in Fairbanks, Alaska, in July 2008. She was a Golden Gloves Champion (amateur boxing) and an IKF (International Kickboxing Federation) Bantamweight champion but retired from fighting due to some injuries. She always wanted to get back into fighting, and after several years of healing felt she could step back into the ring. Avery and her husband live in Red Bluff, Calif.
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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