Our Mission & Values

NANA will improve the quality of life for our people by maximizing economic growth, protecting and enhancing our lands, and promoting healthy communities with decisions, actions, and behaviors inspired by our Iñupiat Ilitqusiat values consistent with our core principles.

Values

NANA has defined three core values to carry our company forward into the modern world of commerce. NANA employees embody these values in our words and actions:

Honesty and Integrity Govern our Activities
Commitments Made Will Be Fulfilled
Everyone Will Be Treated With Dignity and Respect

Iñupiat

NANA shareholders are Iñupiat, meaning “real people,” who have inhabited northwestern Alaska for more than 10,000 years. Iñupiat are part of the Inuit, or circumpolar indigenous people of the world. Iñupiaq refers to the language, and is also the singular form of Iñupiat.