KCEF Announces 2024-25 Scholarship Recipients

KCEF Announces 2024-25 Scholarship Recipients

The Kootznoowoo Cultural & Education Foundation (KCEF) is pleased to announce the scholarship recipients for the 2024-2025 academic year.  In order to be eligible to receive a scholarship, recipients must be a Kootznoowoo, Inc. shareholder or descendant, Alaska...
BIA Grant Brings Thayer Hydro to Fully Funded

BIA Grant Brings Thayer Hydro to Fully Funded

Kootznoowoo, Inc. recently received notification from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) that it has been awarded a nearly $6M grant from the Office of Indian Economic Development Tribal Electrification Program (TEP).  The program was established under the Biden...
KPFST Trustees Announce October Distribution

KPFST Trustees Announce October Distribution

The Trustees of the Kootznoowoo Permanent Fund Settlement Trust are pleased to announce that the October 1, 2024, Kootznoowoo Permanent Settlement Trust (KPFST) distribution will be paid out in the amount of $3.40 per trust unit. For the purpose of calculating the...
Shareholders Participate in Stewardship Training

Shareholders Participate in Stewardship Training

This article reprinted courtesy of The U.S. Forest Service. Tribal and community forest partnership crews are at the forefront of forest stewardship in Southeast Alaska. Each day, they traverse remote areas of the temperate rain forest, restoring salmon habitat,...

Ralph “Chico” Bierely

Kootz Commercial Center Maintenance Manager

Chico serves as a jack-of-all-trades for the corporation. His main responsibility is overseeing the maintenance and upkeep of the K-Plaza building. However, he provides additional support when needed on a variety of projects. He is based in Juneau.