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Caleb Pungowiyi
Robert Aqqaluk Newlin Sr. Memorial Trust
PO Box 509
Kotzebue, AK 99752
Phone: 907-442-1611
Fax: 907-442-2289
E-mail: caleb.pungowiyi@nana-reg.com

Caleb Pungowiyi is a Yup'ik Eskimo who was born and raised on Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island. He has extensive experience as a spokesperson and advocate for Native concerns and traditional knowledge in regional, national, and international policy matters. Mr. Pungowiyi currently serves on the Bering Straits Regional Commission.

Mr. Pungowiyi is a former President and CEO of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference and of the Robert Aqqaluk Newlin, Sr. Memorial Trust in Kotzebue, Alaska. Other past services include the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs Advisory Committee, Marine Mammal Commission’s Special Advisor on Native Affairs, Inuit Circumpolar Conference Executive Council, the Steering Committee of the Alaska Native Science Commission, the Polar Research Board Committee on Bering Sea Ecosystems, the Advisory Panel on Arctic Impacts from Soviet Nuclear Contamination, the Native American Rights Fund, the Alaska Coastal Policy Council, the Bering Sea Impact Study (a subcommittee of the International Arctic Science Committee), the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S., and the Alaska Conservation Foundation.

Mr. Pungowiyi’s lecture topics include:

• Alaska Natives and Marine Mammals
• Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Communities of Northern Alaska