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Article: First Alaskans Institute: a helping hand to natives: teaching business skills, leadership and even etiquette, programs exist to help Native Alaskans in the professional world.
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- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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Among university internships across Alaska, the one offered by First Alaskans Institute stands out for its effort to straddle the fine line between cultures. Created in 2003, the internship program found a home in First Alaskans' Alaska Native Policy Center, and furthered the Policy Center's goal of impacting the education, economic and social policy issues that affect Alaska Natives.
"Byron Mallot started the program with a U.S. Department of Labor grant that Willie Hensley helped us get," said Janie Leask, First Alaskans' president and chief executive officer, "and it focused on the oil and gas industry. The first year, we had four interns. From that number, ...