CARES Act data reveals disparities in payouts to Native corporations
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Angoon receives multi-million dollar grant to boost local tourism
Posted by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | May 11, 2021
Aerial view of Angoon. (Emily Russell/KCAW Photo)
The Admiralty Island village of Angoon has received nearly 2 million dollars in federal funding to build a visitor center. The relief money is meant to combat economic impacts brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Local leaders hope it will boost a homegrown cultural tourism industry.
Angoon doesn’t get big cruise ships, even in non-pandemic times. But they still normally see a small but steady stream of tourists in the summer. There are a handful of fishing lodges and a couple of small boats bringing visitors to the island community of around 500.
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Debbie Atuk was hired in January and officially took over as President and CEO of Kootznoowoo Incorporated on Feb. 1. (Photo provided by Kootznoowoo Inc.)
Even back when Debbie Atuk was an undergraduate student studying economics at the University of Chicago, she was thinking about Alaska Native corporations.
“I wrote a lot of essays, a lot of scholarship application essays, and I talked about the Native corporations and how I wanted to come back and apply my experience earning a degree in economics,” she said.
Atuk is Iñupiaq and grew up in Nome and Anchorage. She went on to earn an MBA from Dartmouth, and most recently worked for SkyView Investment Advisors in New York City. She also serves as board treasurer for Bering Straits Native Corporation.