About Us
Bering Sea Elders Group is an association of Elders appointed by 38 Tribes in the Yukon-Kuskokwim and Bering Strait regions. Each participating Tribe designates an Elder Representative to serve on the Elders Board. Alaska Native organizations outside the region may request to join as non-voting special members.
Executive Committee
- Fred Phillip, Chair, Kwigillingok
- VACANT, Vice Chair
- John Waghiyi, Jr., Treasurer, Savoonga
- Richard Slats, Secretary, Chevak
- Mary Ann Mike, Kotlik
- Aaron Iworrigan, Gambell
- Peter Panruk, Sr., Chefornak
- Axel Jackson, Shaktoolik
- Peter Dull, Sr., Nightmute
2019 Summit
- 2019 Resolution Requiring Researchers and Funders to Engage Western Alaska Communities in a Co-Production of Knowledge Approach on All Research Activities and to Directly Fund Knowledge Holders, Tribes, and Native Organizations for Such Efforts
- 2019 Resolution Supporting Establishment of a Permanent Bottom Trawl Boundary and Management Plan to Protect the Fisheries and Hunting in the Northern Bering Sea
2018 Summit
- 2018 Resolution Supporting Establishment of a Permanent Bottom Trawl Boundary to Protect the Fisheries and Hunting in the Northern Bering Sea
- 2018 Resolution Reaffirming Request to Reinstate the Provisions of the Executive Order Creating the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area
- 2018 Resolution on the Reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
2017 Summit
2016 Summit
2014 Summit
2011 Summit
- 2011 Resolution Expressing a Vision for the Bering Sea
- 2011 Resolution Calling for Amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
- 2011 Resolution Expressing Our Mission
- 2011 Resolution to Support Completion of Subsistence Maps
- 2011 Resolution to Protect the Northern Bering Sea
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