Alaska Native Success Initiative (ANSI)

Vision

Build an Alaska Native community within UAA and be a global leader in Alaska Native student success, teaching, and scholarship.

Priority 1: Alaska Native Students

Increase Alaska Native Student preparation, recruitment, retention, and graduation rates.
Goal 1: Eliminate the need for remediation and reduce the time to earn their degree for graduated high school students.
Goal 2: Have 15% of the total enrolled students be Alaska Native.
Goal 3: Increase Alaska Native retention and graduation rates.

Priority 2: Alaska Native Faculty & Staff

Increase recruitment and retention of Alaska Native Faculty and Staff.
Goal: Increase the percentage of Alaska Native Faculty from 6% and Alaska Native Staff from 7.5% to 20%.

Priority 3: Institution (Internal & External)

Create a culture of belonging for Alaska Native Students, Faculty, Staff, and Community Organizations.
Goal 1: Resource Alaska Native Academic Departments and Student Support Programs.
Goal 2: Increase Alaska Native representation both internally and externally.
Goal 3: Improve Human Resources’ policies and practices.

More Information

ANSI Strategic Plan Executive Summary 
ANSI Trends Fall 2021-Fall 2025
ANSI Accreditation - Progress Report 5-26
University of Alaska ANSI page 

Chanshtnu Council

Vision

UAA continually prioritizes Alaska Native Success through honoring and the representation of Indigenous Knowledge throughout our learning community. The Chanshtnu Council includes the Alaska Native Academic and Student Success Program Faculty and Staff, Student leaders, Faculty and Staff.

Alaska Native Academic Programs

Alaska Native Studies — Anchorage Campus
Alaska Native Studies — Kenai Peninsula College (KPC)
Alutiiq Studies — Kodiak College
Alaska Native Art
Alaska Native Business Management
Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)

Alaska Native Student Success Programs

Indigenous and Rural Student Center (IRSC)
Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP)
Alaska Native Community Advancement in Psychology (ANCAP)/ Alaska Natives into Psychology (ANPsych)
Alaska Native, Indigenous & Rural Outreach Program (ANIROP) & The Cama-i Room
Alaska Traditional Kitchen (AKTK)
Della Keats
Recruitment and Retention of Alaska Natives into Nursing (RRANN)

Land Acknowledgements

UAA is located in the ancestral homelands of the Dena'ina, Ahtna, Alutiiq/Sugpiak and Eyak/dAXunhyuu Peoples.

Dena’ina

Dena'inaq ełnen'aq' gheshtnu ch'q'u yeshdu: “I live and work on the land of the Dena’ina.”
Audio by Sondra Shaginoff-Stuart. Dena’ina to English translation by Helen Dick, Sondra Shaginoff-Stuart and Joel Isaak

Ahtna Denaey

Danse nene' ghestnaa eł izdaa: “I live and work on the land of the Dena’ina.”
Audio by Sondra Shaginoff-Stuart. Ahtna Denaey to English translation

Yup'ik

Uitalartua caliaqlua-llu Dena’ina-t nuniitni: “I live and work on the land of the Dena’ina.”
Audio by Quentin Simeon. Yup'ik to English translation by Alice Rearden

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