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Barbara Cadiente-Nelson
Greetings Shareholders,
In my work with elders, they would say, “A stick can be easily broken, but more sticks bound together cannot.” This mindset of “oneness” was the soaring arrow of the founders of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and the Alaska Native Sisterhood who forged an army to fight for our civil rights and our land. Considering the social upheaval and cultural oppression in the early 1900’s, it took more than their courage to sue the Federal Government. It took the political will of many.
As indigenous people of the land (Haa Aani, litl’ Tlagaa, Na Yuubm), it is our collective responsibility to continue on this path to raise the quality of life for our people…to keep the home fires burning in our villages and communities.
With humility, my fellow directors and I seek to listen, learn, and partner with tribes, community leaders, and other entities to identify and remove barriers that undermine the stability of families and economies in our communities.
Together we can create new industries, grow longstanding marine industries, restore salmon habitats, resolve environmental and other concerns impeding the well-being of people and place. “It is in us.”
I ask for your vote.
#OneSealaska Gunalchéesh
Barbara Cadiente-Nelson
In my work with elders, they would say, “A stick can be easily broken, but more sticks bound together cannot.” This mindset of “oneness” was the soaring arrow of the founders of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and the Alaska Native Sisterhood who forged an army to fight for our civil rights and our land. Considering the social upheaval and cultural oppression in the early 1900’s, it took more than their courage to sue the Federal Government. It took the political will of many.
As indigenous people of the land (Haa Aani, litl’ Tlagaa, Na Yuubm), it is our collective responsibility to continue on this path to raise the quality of life for our people…to keep the home fires burning in our villages and communities.
With humility, my fellow directors and I seek to listen, learn, and partner with tribes, community leaders, and other entities to identify and remove barriers that undermine the stability of families and economies in our communities.
Together we can create new industries, grow longstanding marine industries, restore salmon habitats, resolve environmental and other concerns impeding the well-being of people and place. “It is in us.”
I ask for your vote.
#OneSealaska Gunalchéesh
Barbara Cadiente-Nelson
AGE: 70
CITY / STATE: Juneau, Alaska
OCCUPATION: Vice President, Treasurer of F/V Star of the Sea, Inc., her familyowned commercial fishing business, and retired in 2022 from the Juneau School District where she was employed since 2002
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS WITHIN SEALASKA CORPORATION AND/OR SEALASKA SUBSIDIARIES: Shareholder Relations Committee Chair, member of the Finance Committee, the Governance-Nominations Committee, manager on the Haa Aaní, LLC Board of Managers; member of the Sealaska Settlement Trust Fund; and trustee on the Sealaska Heritage Institute Board
DIRECTORSHIP(S) HELD IN OTHER ENTITIES: Chair of the Douglas Indian Association (DIA) Culture and Education Committee; DIA Enrollment/Housing Committee; and DIA's representative on the board of directors for SEARHC
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts in communications from Western Illinois University, a Master of Arts in Teaching, and a Secondary Language Arts Teaching Certificate from the University of Alaska Southeast
AFFILIATIONS: Officer of the Douglas Indian Association. Barbara is Teikweidí (Brown Bear) and L'eeneidí/Filipino yádi (child of)
LEARN MORE ABOUT BARBARA CADIENTE-NELSON ON THE SEALASKA FACEBOOK PAGE.
CITY / STATE: Juneau, Alaska
OCCUPATION: Vice President, Treasurer of F/V Star of the Sea, Inc., her familyowned commercial fishing business, and retired in 2022 from the Juneau School District where she was employed since 2002
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS WITHIN SEALASKA CORPORATION AND/OR SEALASKA SUBSIDIARIES: Shareholder Relations Committee Chair, member of the Finance Committee, the Governance-Nominations Committee, manager on the Haa Aaní, LLC Board of Managers; member of the Sealaska Settlement Trust Fund; and trustee on the Sealaska Heritage Institute Board
DIRECTORSHIP(S) HELD IN OTHER ENTITIES: Chair of the Douglas Indian Association (DIA) Culture and Education Committee; DIA Enrollment/Housing Committee; and DIA's representative on the board of directors for SEARHC
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts in communications from Western Illinois University, a Master of Arts in Teaching, and a Secondary Language Arts Teaching Certificate from the University of Alaska Southeast
AFFILIATIONS: Officer of the Douglas Indian Association. Barbara is Teikweidí (Brown Bear) and L'eeneidí/Filipino yádi (child of)
LEARN MORE ABOUT BARBARA CADIENTE-NELSON ON THE SEALASKA FACEBOOK PAGE.