A Message from CIRI CEO Swami Iyer
CIRI endeavors to steward our land, spearhead responsible development, celebrate culture and heritage, and provide economic benefits to our Shareholders.
CIRI’s Alaska Native Shareholders are representative of all Alaska Native cultures and are of Athabascan, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Inupiat, Yup’ik, Alutiiq/Sugpiaq and Aleut/Unangax descent. One of CIRI’s greatest strengths is our Shareholder and Descendant’s diversity.
CIRI endeavors to steward our land, spearhead responsible development, celebrate culture and heritage, and provide economic benefits to our Shareholders.
Effective Oct. 23, Sarah Lukin stepped down from her role as president of CIRI. On behalf of the CIRI Board of Directors, I would like to thank Sarah for her hard work and dedication.
In August, CIRI, the Ninilchik Traditional Council and Ninilchik Natives Association Inc. signed the Niqnalchint Yaghenen (Dena’ina: “Ninilchik, the good land”) Culture and Subsistence Commitment.
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.