Alaska Native regional corporation for the Iñupiat of Northwest Alaska, running companies in federal services, engineering, logistics, aviation, construction, and broadband.
NANA Regional Corporation is the Alaska Native regional corporation for the Iñupiat people of Northwest Alaska, established to turn its lands, resources, and business operations into lasting opportunities for the more than 15,500 shareholders with ties to the region who own it. Its family of companies serves commercial and federal clients across engineering and construction, facilities management, logistics, natural-resource support, aviation, and telecommunications.
For those with backgrounds in uniformed service, the corporation's federal-facing work is concentrated in its Akima subsidiary, which provides information technology, systems engineering, base operations, aviation services, protective services, detention management, and construction to government clients. Related operational roles appear across the group: Qavvik Air in aviation, DeLong Mountain Logistics in logistics, and NANA Net in broadband, fibre-optic infrastructure, and network operations serving remote Alaskan communities. Other operating companies include NANA Management Services, NANA Construction, NANA Worley, Kuna Engineering, and Paa River Construction.
Operations are anchored in Northwest Alaska and other parts of the state, including remote communities where work may involve travel, field conditions, and support to resource and infrastructure projects. The corporation runs training programmes, internships, and youth programmes alongside cultural initiatives and elder distributions, and gives employment preference to shareholders.
NANA's stated purpose combines economic growth with community well-being: improving quality of life for the Iñupiat people of Northwest Alaska, promoting healthy communities, and protecting and enhancing NANA lands.
