Category: ANTHC
2025-26 ANTHC Board Scholarship application period March 1-31
Alaska Native and American Indian full-time students interested in working in a health care related field can apply for one of the 10 available ANTHC Board of Directors $5,000 scholarships. The application period is March 1-31. Eligibility requirements: Learn more about the scholarship and apply from March 1-31, here. Gather all documents and prepare to complete the application. Submitted materials will not be returned. Get a downloadable checklist here. Board of Directors established this scholarship to increase the number of ...
Registration open for 2025 Alaska Indigenous Research Program
Since 2019, the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and Alaska Pacific University (APU) have hosted the Alaska Indigenous Research Program (AKIRP) to bring together Indigenous and Western worldviews and ways of knowing in an effort for mutual understanding, reciprocity, respect and the co-production of solutions for health disparities among Alaska Native and American Indian people. The 7th Annual Alaska Indigenous Research Program will be held May 5-23, at the Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage, Alaska. Register here: https://bit.ly/AKRIP25 A limited number of scholarships ...
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) has a great need for certified nursing assistants (CNA) and we have developed our own curriculum and training program to “grow our own.” We are looking for interested candidates to apply for our Certified Nursing Assistant Training Program! Alaska Native and American Indian applicants will receive hiring preference. Accepted candidates will be hired as patient observers and will begin ANTHC’s five-week CNA Training Program on the Alaska Native Health Campus. In early March 2025, ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a $20 million investment to address energy and climate challenges in five communities in the Bering Straits region. The grant funding will support development and installation of community-scale solar arrays and battery energy storage systems in the communities of Brevig Mission, Elim, Koyuk, Savoonga, and Teller. Design and construction of the new systems will be led by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), and the project will ultimately lead to ratepayers ...
Before the Alaska Native Medical Center The Anchorage Medical Center of the Alaska Native Service (ANS) opened in downtown Anchorage in 1953, under management of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Two years later, in 1955, the Indian Health Service (IHS) was established as a bureau of the U.S. Public Health Service, and took over operations of ANS. When IHS was established, the leading cause of death for Alaska Native people was tuberculosis (TB) — introduced to Alaska Native communities ...
Emergency Services Expansion update – Dec. 20, 2024
Construction Update: Construction crews are making exciting progress on the next phase of the Emergency Services Expansion. For Phase 1B, which will add an additional 18 emergency exam rooms in March 2025, framing is complete; drywall install will be complete this week; tape and paint is ongoing; rough-in for mechanical, electrical and plumbing above the ceiling is ongoing; floor preparation is ongoing; the ceiling grid installation has begun; door frame installation is nearing completion; and wall protection installation has begun. ...