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March 2010 The Shareholder Talent Bank is here to help you! Its purpose is to assist Shareholders with opportunities within TNC and its subsidiaries. By having information regarding all Share- holders’ education and employment experience, as well as interests and hobbies, TNC hopes to recruit and employ shareholders whenever possible. TNC works extremely hard to bring benefits and opportunities right to its Shareholders. Please do not be worried about filling out the entire form, just complete it to the best of your ability and return to the corporate office in Anchorage, AK. Please call our Shareholder Records Coordinator at (907) 272-0707 with any questions or concerns. You can find this form on page 9 of this newsletter. Shareholder Talent Bank Highlights presidents report 1 ceo corner 2 yaam position available 3 employee spotlight 7 a special act of kindness 8 talent bank form 9 shareholder news 13 TNC has scheduled two shareholder informational meetings for April. One in Anchorage and one in Tyonek. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend these important meetings. ANCHORAGE Friday, April 9th, 2010 - 5:00 p.m. Church of the Nazarene (4025 W. 88th Ave. Anchorage, Alaska) TYONEK Saturday,April 10th, 2010 - 12:00 (Noon) Tyonek Tribal Center - Tyonek (In the event of bad weather the meeting will be held on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Noon) Come and enjoy the refreshments Visit with Board Members Hear the latest news about the corporation, land report, and ongoing development projects in and around Tyonek. Ask questions and give us your input. We hope to see you there! Shareholder Information Meetings Scheduled Tebughna Henek “Beach People News” A Newsletter for the Shareholders of Tyonek Native Corporation TEBUGHNA HENEK Newsletter (Mar10).indd 1 3/18/2010 1:41:52 PM

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The Shareholder Talent Bank is here to help you! Its purpose is to assist Shareholders with opportunities within TNC and its subsidiaries. By having information regarding all Share-holders’ education and employment experience, as well as interests and hobbies, TNC hopes to recruit and employ shareholders whenever possible. TNC works extremely hard to bring benefits and opportunities right to its Shareholders. Please do not be worried about filling out the entire form, just complete it to the best of your ability and return to the corporate office in Anchorage, AK. Please call our Shareholder Records Coordinator at (907) 272-0707 with any questions or concerns. You can find this form on page 9 of this newsletter.

Shareholder Talent Bank

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TNC has scheduled two shareholder informational meetings for April. One in Anchorage and one in Tyonek. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend these important meetings.

ANCHORAGE Friday, April 9th, 2010 - 5:00 p.m. Church of the Nazarene (4025 W. 88th Ave. Anchorage, Alaska)

TYONEK Saturday,April 10th, 2010 - 12:00 (Noon) Tyonek Tribal Center - Tyonek (Intheeventofbadweatherthemeetingwillbe heldonSaturday, April 17, 2010atNoon)

Come and enjoy the refreshments

Visit with Board Members

Hear the latest news about the corporation, land report, and ongoing development projects in and around Tyonek.

Ask questions and give us your input.

We hope to see you there!

Shareholder Information Meetings Scheduled

Tebughna Henek“Beach People News”

A Newsletter for the Shareholders of Tyonek Native Corporation

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President’s ReportBY MICHAELENE STEPHAN, PRESIdENT

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Hello TNC Shareholders:

I hope that you all had a safe and happy holiday season! The New Year is al-ready speeding by here.

Mikunda Cottrell has recently complet-ed the audit of TNC’s 2009 financials. We have had another successful year with substantial growth in our subsid-iaries. This will officially be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval at the next meeting for inclusion in the 2009 Annual report.

The Board of Directors was very pleased to have been able to declare the largest dividend to date for close to 700 TNC shareholders.

Due to the growth in the company TNC has also had an increase in hiring of interns in Anchorage and Alabama. In November a Shareholder Talent Bank form was sent out to all shareholders 18 and older. There were about 20 forms returned. Due to the up and coming younger shareholders it is important that we receive more forms to help the direction of where to develop our work-force. Intern positions may lead to full-time working positions. We value our shareholders and are striving to provide more involvement in learning about TNC and having an interest in what is happening within our lands.

One shareholder expressed a concern of the short deadlines on intern applica-tions. If you miss a deadline you are always welcome to submit an applica-tion at anytime for future openings. There are days when TNC has to call in temporary workers from a temp agency due to no shareholder names on file. If you are interested in this on-call type of work please contact TNC.

The Board recently made a site visit to the Tyonek Services subsidiary in Jack-sonville, Florida. We made an initial visit two years ago with just the sub-sidiary directors. This was a great op-portunity for all of the board to visually see what work is being done and have personal contact with the workers. Un-der the leadership of Mark Thomson, TNC’s “family” there has grown. A majority of the workers are retired mili-tary and they take pride in the work that they do for Tyonek Services Group Inc.

and the contribution they make in con-tinuing to support our Armed Forces. You all are doing an excellent job!

We were saddened to hear during our De-cember Board of Director’s meeting of Todd Taylor’s loss of his son, LCPL Jona-than Taylor, who was killed in action on December 1, 2009. I was very touched on hearing of the love and support that was shown by the entire Naval base upon his return home. The board was able to meet Todd and personally extend their condo-lences.

We spent two intensive working days on a Board Governance workshop focusing on issues where we can make improvements. Concern was expressed on the expense being spent on this trip; a separate letter will be included from the Chairman of the Board. With the growth mentioned above it is important that the Board stays on top of any new laws and that we are all on the same page with how we are running the corporation. We went over the Board Member Duties and Responsibilities, clar-ified policies and procedures, the gover-nance of the subsidiaries, some alternative models for governing and managing sub-sidiaries, and TNC’s existing structure. This was also a great learning tool for our new Board of Directors and Young Adult Advisory Members.

While having dinner on our last night there we invited TNC shareholders in the area. It was great to see Kimberly (Wes-son) Asher and her daughter, Alexa. We also saw Isaac and Ellen Stephan who are enjoying part of their winter in Florida. They were joined by Brent and Pam from St. Augustine’s Church and who worked on the renovations of St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Tyonek last summer. We took up a donation in the room that will go towards Brent and Pam returning to Tyonek again this coming summer.

Work continues on subsistence and energy projects on the West Cook Inlet lands, and more recently the issue of NMFS’s critical habitat of the beluga whale. Public hear-ings are now taking place in and around Southcentral Alaska. Happy news was received by all on the Tebughna School JR and SR NYO team’s recent visit to Kenai. Congratulations go

out to all the students that participated (listed in no particular order): Raquell Salas, Lena McCord, Jerome Salas, Randall Jones, Frankie Standifer, Ka-lub Constantine, Trinity Standifer, Edna Standifer, Leona Stephan, Christy Moon, Rolland Standifer, and Basil Moore, and I was told by Coach John Standifer that Justin Constantine trained by himself in Big Lake and joined the Tebughna team. Great job Johnny, and to Sally Stephan for chaperoning and overseeing the Drum group. A great appreciation goes out to Ron Da-vis and the Tebughna Foundation, in co-ordination with Project Grad, on the fast work they did to help make this possible. Thanks also to Pac Rim on their recent donation for the NYO teams.

In the December board meeting, the board elected to not renew the TNC agreement with CIRI Foundation and to turn the scholarship funds over to the Tebughna Foundation with a $100,000 endowment fund to be setup. This is currently being phased into the Tebug-hna Foundation for a smooth transition to our shareholders and tribal members.

The Tyonek Tribal Conservation District (a memorandum of agreement signed between NVT, TNC and USDA in 2006) has met to review their Seven Genera-tion Visions. Some attended the Indian Nations Conservation Alliance confer-ence in December. While there contact was made with USDA employees lo-cated in Washington DC that can assist in the government-to-government tribal consultation aspect of their jobs. Two were invited to Alaska and will be visit-ing Tyonek.

Please remember that we are here to serve you, the shareholder! Feel free to call anytime you have questions or con-cerns that you would like addressed.

Michaelene Stephan

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CEO’s CornerBY TOM HARRIS, CEO

Dear TNC Shareholders:

It was the spring of 1991 when the elders received the latest reports about the de-clining health of the Upper Cook Inlet riv-ers. The news that the Theodore, Lewis and Ivan had lost most of their traditional runs of king salmon was further proof that if wildlife in West Cook Inlet was to survive Alaska needed a new wildlife management system. This loss was also a forecast of challenges to come, as those who had overharvested the Theodore, Lewis and Ivan, were now trespassing on Tyonek lands to get to the Chuitna kings. Back then there were so many trespassers that elders, council members and children were being threatened on Tyonek proper-ty. Some trespassers were so bold that they came on to the property with bull dozers carving up Native allotment property for their paying guests from Europe. One year there were so many trespassing he-licopters competing for king salmon that one ending up crashing into the Chuitna.

The elders knew then that it was just a matter of time before the entire upper inlet king salmon stock would be threat-ened and soon after the Beluga whale. Today their prophecy has been fulfilled. There were many then who said that the elders were wrong for there was nothing to worry about because the Alexander, Deshka and Susitna rivers had so many kings. Today those bountiful numbers of kings are gone. These are the same king salmon so important to the Beluga whales, especially at the time that the whales are nursing new calves.

Recent news media stories have focused on the depressed Beluga whale popula-tions of Cook Inlet and that they have failed to recover in spite of the fact that both commercial and subsistence harvests have been curtailed for several years. It was reported that many unnamed scien-tists and politicians blamed subsistence harvests as the primary reason for the de-cline in Beluga whale populations from an estimated 1,300 to 300. In particular, some held that Tyonek was primarily re-sponsible for the 1,000 whale decline and that Tyonek harvested as many as 150 whales in a single summer.

As part of the Tyonek community, we strongly protested to this claim as not only false but also uninformed. Very few Alaskans realized that it was physically impossible for Tyonek to harvest that

many whales or that Tyonek harvested, at most, only three whales in a single year. Fewer still knew that during the period of greatest decline, Anchorage hunters were in Cook Inlet commercially harvesting Beluga whales to be sold in Anchorage retail outlets. Even fewer knew that Cook Inlet Beluga whales were commercially harvested through Anchorage clear back to the 1930’s, and by some accounts even earlier.

The recent endangered species desig-nation has brought forth a proposal by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to declare the entire Cook Inlet shore line and the entire upper third of Cook Inlet as critical habitat for the Be-luga whale. This designation in and of it-self does little or nothing to improve the habitat or increase populations. To date, the state and federal agencies have cho-sen to pay little heed to the counsel of our elders, who many years ago stated the im-portance of rebuilding and protecting the Cook Inlet king salmon stocks to rebuild-ing and maintaining healthy Beluga num-bers. We continue to urge the state and federal agencies to immediately begin the king salmon restoration process. We urge consideration of the misting incubation and in-stream hatchery system currently being used by Chickaloon as the most suc-cessful, ecologically sound and economi-cally viable system in existence. We also urge consideration of policies that protect the spawning beds from disturbance dur-ing the critical period of fertilization and incubation. If we are not willing to pro-tect the spawning beds during this critical period, then we have no reason to believe the king salmon or the Beluga whale will ever return to traditional numbers. Ignor-ing the spawning beds as critical habitat worthy of protection will mean there is no hope for recovery of the king salmon or the Beluga whale.

While we support the efforts to restore the Beluga whale, the NMFS designation of all of Cook Inlet as critical habitat, while ignoring the king salmon, misses the mark.

Tom Harris

Board of Directors meeting in Florida.

Board of Directors site visit to Jacksonville Florida.

Shareholder Participation in Florida.

TTCD members: Angela Sandstol, Connie Bur-nell, Robert Stephan, Sr. and Ron Stanek; Re-cording Secretary, Elizabeth Standifer; INCA Executive Director, Dick Gooby and William Beans of the Mt. Village Tribal Conservation District.

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Tyonek Enterprise Development, Inc. UpdateBY JOHN MCCLELLAN, PE

Tyonek Enterprise Development, Inc. (TEDI) has been nego-tiating on your behalf with a Coal-To-Liquids (CTL) tech-nology company to interest them in a Tyonek location for their next CTL plant. Although many years from actual development, this $5 Billion plant would occupy about 465 acres at Tyonek’s North Foreland Industrial Park, create about 4000 construction jobs, and have about 900 operational jobs for the life of the facility. It would use coal as a primary fuel source, and have a grown biological fuel as a secondary source for Carbon Capture and Recycle (CCR) credits.

This Coal-To-Liquids technology company, in concert with an Australian energy devel-opment company, just announced their new-est CTL demonstration plant, called Many Stars CTL, which is partnered with and located on the Crow reservation in Mon-tana. As part of this development, the Crow are instituting a

CTL management educational program at their chartered Little Big Horn College. This management program is aimed at creat-

ing supervisors and management-level tribal members who can then become employed to build and operate the CTL facility.

At an initial meeting with the Crow leaders, Tyonek Native Corporation (TNC) manage-ment expressed active support for formation of this CTL educational program as it could also benefit TNC shareholders, and in return the Crow will allow TNC shareholders to at-tend Little Big Horn College for this train-ing. TNC and Crow attorneys are crafting an agreement to memorialize this understanding. This educational opportunity should provide TNC shareholders with access to the higher-

paying supervisory and management jobs in the CTL or petro-chemical industries when they eventually locate in West Cook Inlet.

Cedric Black Eagle,Tribal Chair-man of the Crow Agency, Ted

Kroto Sr., TNC Board Chairman, and Tom Harris, TNC CEO.

CTL, the Crow, and College

The TNC Young Adult Advisory Members Committee (YAAMs) consists of 3 youth members and one or more board mentors. Each member serves for 3 years, and the terms are revolving.

YAAMs was created as a training tool, to give young shareholders (from the ages of 18 to 30) a hands-on opportunity to participate in and experience Board of Director activities. YAAMs members attend board and shareholder meetings, some committee meetings, and other board and corporate functions, such as the AFN Convention.

Current YAAMs members are Billy Stephan, April Standifer and Rae Bartels. Billy Stephan’s term will end this April, and the board will select another individual to fill that seat.

If you are interested in applying for a seat on the YAAMs committee, you must complete a YAAMS ap-plication and submit it to Jonalyn Najera ([email protected], or fax (907) 274-7125). More informa-tion, applications, and instructions are available at the office, or on the website, www.tyonek.com, on the Shareholders pages.

YAAM Position Available Soon

dEAdLINE is: March 31, 2010

Hurry and submit your applicationtoday!

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Tyonek Services Group UpdateBY SCOTT PFEIFER, TSG PRESIdENT

Hello TNC Shareholders:

Welcome to 2010! As we look to build upon the successes of the previous year I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the contributions of the employees that helped make 2009 the strong year that it was. It is my belief that all of the employees who represent Tyonek on the front lines, each and ev-ery day, do so in a manner that instills confidence in the minds of our custom-ers that their money is well spent on the services they receive. This is an ex-tremely important fact when we attempt to win new work, as the opinions of our current customers can factor greatly into the decision process for contract awards. As we progress throughout the year I will use this forum to keep you informed of just a few of the many peo-ple who make me proud to stand beside them in this endeavor. In this newslet-ter we seek to honor 2 employees, both working on the same contract but in dif-ferent locations and in different special-ties, that achieved personal distinction in the manner in which they performed their duties. Both employees support the U.S. Air Force as subject matter experts in training situations teaching specific tasks to the future defenders of our Nation. They were honored by our customer at an awards ceremony held last month.

Mr. Ray Lovelace achieved special rec-ognition by being named the ‘505 TRS – Contractor of the Quarter’ for services provided at Hurlburt Air Field, FL during the fourth quarter of 2009. This was the second time in 2009 that Ray achieved this distinction for his efforts, as he was previ-ously honored with the same achievement during the second quarter of 2009.

Mr Ed Tullman was recognized for his efforts by being named a member of the ‘505 OS – Contractor Team of 2009’ for his yearlong efforts on the Weapons School Exercise Planning Team at Nel-lis Air Force Base, NV. This was also the second personal acknowledgement of Ed’s contribution by the customer as he was also named as a member of the ‘505 OS – Contractor Team of the Quarter’ for the third quarter of 2009.

These are just two examples of the fine men and women representing Tyonek across the nation that we can all be proud to be associated with.

As always, please join with TSG execu-tive management in saying ‘Thank You’ to all of the men and women serving in our Armed Forces around the world, and to the fine folks supporting them through their efforts here at home while also rep-resenting Tyonek at the highest of stan-dards.

Alaska Division, Inc. UpdateBY CHUCK AKERS, ADI CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

The Alaska Native Charter School Par-ent Teacher Student Association invites TNC shareholders to join them for a skate night at the Royal Roller Rink (6411 De-barr Road, Anchorage, Alaska) from 6 to 8 p.m.

March 16, 2010 April 13, 2010

May 4, 2010

The cost is $6.00 per skater. Please show your support of the Native Charter School by joining in on the fun at the Royal Roll-er Rink.

SKATE NIGHTS

The primary ADI activity taking place right now is completing the upgrade to two of the duplexes at North Forelands in anticipation of continued camp demand by energy companies and construction companies. These are old structures and we need to bring them up to current day codes to be able to lease them out to these companies. One of the biggest issues we are working on is developing a commercial approved water supply at the camp by late spring.

Another project that we will be working on is demolishing the timber camp mobile home structures, and removing and disposing of them properly. Once these units are gone we will be able to begin to bring in new units to increase our camp capacity as exploration and development increases here on the west side.

We are also in the process of working with TCLLC to rehab the old store into a TNC satellite office for TNC village operations.

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New Faces at TNC

Jonathan Lee

Chris Moon TNC is very pleased to announce that effective Monday, January 25, 2010, Mr. Chris Moon has joined Tyonek’s IT Support Staff (out of the Huntsville office). Chris comes to Tyonek with 18 years of experience in support of computer systems and has spent the last five months providing stellar service to Tyonek Manufactur-ing personnel.

Chris’s primary responsibilities will focus on maintaining servers at the Huntsville, Warner Robins and Tampa facilities as well as providing critical lead functions for all Huntsville based IT per-sonnel. He will be focused on continued improvement of our appli-cation, network resources and working closely with all personnel to ensure that IT is meeting your business needs.

TNC is pleased to announced that effective Monday, January 4, 2010, Mr. Jonathan Lee joined Tyonek’s IT Support Staff (out of the Huntsville office). Jonathan comes to Tyonek with three years of experience with Deltek products as well as several years of gen-eral technical support.

Jonathan’s primary responsibilities will focus on maintaining all Deltek applications (Costpoint, Cognos and Time & Expense). He will also be focused on developing the unused functions within Deltek’s applications to ensure that Tyonek is able to take full ad-vantage of each module. He will be working closely with all de-partments to gain a better understanding of how each staff member utilizes Deltek solutions over the next 90 days.

Jon is also a volunteer with HEMSI (Huntsville Emergency Medi-cal Services, Inc.) and works with his K-9 partner “Merlin” to per-form search and rescue services.

TNC is pleased to announce that effective Monday, January 4, 2010, Mr. David Kroto has joined Tyonek’s IT Support Staff (out of the Anchorage office). As many of you know, David is making a successful transition from the Corporate Intern Program and has been extremely focused over the last six months developing his technical skills and becoming an integral part of the IT Support Team.

His primary responsibilities will focus on Helpdesk support calls (approximately 3,000 annually) which include maintenance, analy-sis, deployment, troubleshooting and repair of Tyonek’s user com-puter systems, printers, and peripherals. Additionally, David will provide support for Tyonek’s core operating systems and software applications, MS Office, Adobe Acrobat Professional and Win-dows XP, assistance with SharePoint site issues/development, etc.

David Kroto

TNC would like to welcome it’s newest employees and shareholder interns!

In February, TNC Shareholder employee, Rose Chuitt was promoted to Admin II, and will be adding Human Resources to her Shareholder Relations role. Rose is currently train-ing with HR in Alabama to prepare for her new responsibilities at TNC corporate office. Congratulations Rose and thank you for all of your hard work.

Congratulations to Rose Chuitt!

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Cristie SubaczTNC is pleased to announce that Ms. Cristie Subacz has of-ficially joined Tyonek’s IT Support Staff (out of the Madison office) effective, December 14, 2009.

Her primary responsibilities will focus on development of cor-porate forms templates (both in MS Office applications and Adobe Acrobat fillable forms) and eventually development of web based fillable forms for general use.

Shareholder InternAntonio ArroyoShareholder Intern, Antonio Arroyo began working recently in

the electrical assembly department. He will be trained in a number of related tasks like soldering, crimping, cleaning and loading machinery, etc., in order to begin performing on the assembly floor. He will be working in one of our most impor-tant programs, the Sikorsky Relay Panel Assembly Project. We have about 60 people working on this project. Antonio came here with two years of education from UAA and a desire to do work in the IT world (i.e., work on computers and networks). Although the work he will be doing is not actually on comput-ers, he will gain valuable experience working on other types of electronics. He hopes to return to Anchorage and continue his school work to gain a professional career.

Shareholder InternLaura (Bismark) Alimi

Shareholder Intern, Laura (Bismark) Alimi began working at the Anchorage TNC office as an Accounting/Corporate Com-munications Intern. She later expessed interest in the Commu-nications side and was re-assigned to accommodate her train-ing interests/needs. Laura will be working with the Corporate Communications Manager in developing brochures, flyers, and other materials for the corporation. Welcome Laura!

Shareholder InternAndrew Nikanorka Shareholder Intern, Andrew Nikanorka is working on learn-

ing job skills for Kitting and Warehousing (out of the Madi-son facility). He has been there for about 4 months and has worked in the warehouse/bonded storage activity for the full time. He is currently in-training for forklift operation and will be learning some of the purchasing duties associated with ordering materials. Drew (as he likes to be called) came with a cheerful attitude and has become a valuable resource in our operations. We look forward to doing all we can to help him gain employment in Anchorage (since he wants to come back) and hopefully continue to prosper.

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Tebughna School News Students at Tebughna wanted to do their part to help in the Haitian relief effort. They decided to join the organization, Convoy of Hope, which is working to bring food, water, cleaning supplies and water filters to the people of Haiti. As an initial effort, a pizza sale and bake sale fundraiser was done on Tuesday, January 26th. The fundraiser was a great success, generating $350 to donate to Convoy of Hope. Thanks goes out to all the students, staff, families and community members that helped with the fundraising.

The second part of the plan is to create hygiene kits to send to Haiti. The kits will be made by the students from donated supplies. Each kit needs the following items: a full size bottle of shampoo, 1 toothbrush, a full size container of toothpaste, 1 bar of antibac-terial soap, a hand towel, and a comb. Students at Tebughna will take the supplies and create hygiene kits by placing everything in a gallon-size zipper bag. If anyone is interested in donating materials for this part of the project, you can contact grade 3-5 teacher Michelle Anderson (Tebughna school #583-2291) or drop supplies off at the school.

Ron Showers, the Outreach Director of Convoy of Hope, emailed Michelle and her class to let them know they are the first school in Alaska to join Convoy of Hope. Big cheers go out to the school for their efforts to improve the lives of Haitians by providing them with much needed supplies.

During the Peninsula Winter Games, Tebughna had 11 students participate in the Native Youth Olympics. First grader Kalub Constantine competed in two events. Fifth graders Frankie Standifer, Trinity Standifer, Raquell Salas and Jerome Salas participated in numerous events. Middle school students Leona Stephan, Christy Moon, Randall Jones, Edna Standifer and Basil Moore all took part in the games. Angelena McCord, a 9th grader, competed in four events. Tebughna students came home with 13 medals and all of the students showed great sportsmanship for their teammates and other participants. A big thanks goes out to John Standifer (coach), Sally Stephan, Crystal Jackson, Brandy Standifer and Christy Gomez for their help. Congratulations to all the students, coaches and chaperones for a great showing at the Winter Games.

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Employee Spotlight

“Hehasagreathistoryandknowledgeof the properties I worked with him atNorthForelandandhehelpsusdoourjobbetter”~ Chuck Akers, ADI

“PeterMerrymanisoneofthemostde-lightfulpeople I have evermet.He fol-lows instructions well, listens, gets theneededinformationonanythingrequiredwithoutfail,andfollowsthrough.Hehasasparklingpersonalityandithasbeenajoy working with him” ~ Karen Leslie, Accounts Payable.

“Personally, I thinkPeterbringsarealpresence to our office. He has amaz-ing knowledge and experience, and isa leader inourcommunity,not tomen-tion that he’s the absolute kindest per-sonthereis.It’saprivilegetobeabletoworkwithhim” ~ Linda Bagby

“I like havingPeterworking here. Heisoneofourelders,butdoesn’tactlikeone.Iguessyoucansayheisyoungatheart. I likehearingthe“Howyoudo-ing,Babe?” phrasethatheseemstosayto all of uswomen from the village” ~ Susanna Moon

“I really like having Peter here in theTNC office. He’s always so happy andalways smiling and saying, “Hi Girl.”

everyday.Someonewithahappyattitudeisalwaysnicetohavearound.Notonlythathe brings me candy back when he makesa run to the bank forme. Peter’s a kind,caring, loving, respectfulman.ThankyouPeter”~ Rachel Chuitt

“His favorite niece says brighten anygloomyday”~ Teresa Standifer

“UnclePeterisanamazingman!Notonlydoesheworkhard,hebringssomuchjoytotheoffice.HemakesmesmileandIlovehavinghimhere!”~ Jonalyn Najera

“Peterhasagreatpersonality,&senseofhumor he’s great to have here!” ~Laura Alimi.

IloveworkingwithUnclePeter.Healwaysmakesourdaybrighterwithhissmilesandlove.It’snicetohavehisopiniononproj-ectsandtobeworkingonnewcommitteeswith him. Uncle Peter knows his favoriteniece Elizabeth will always love him andmakehimproud!LoveyouUnclePeter!”~ Elizabeth J. Standifer

“UnclePeterwasfortunatetohaveworkedforandservedtheNativeVillageofTyonektribalmembersandisnowdoingthesameforTyonekNativeCorporationsharehold-ers and employees! Love Ya” ~ Michae-lene Stephan

Several TNC employees were asked the question, “What do you think of Peter Merryman working at TNC?”

below are some of their comments.

Over the holidays, Peter’s late brother Gor-don James’s daughter Linda and son-in-law Don Starbuck (live in Anchorage) along with visiting nephew Gordon Jr. and his daughter Teahonna (live in Seattle) stopped by the office to see Peter before traveling back to Seattle.

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WHO'S WHO AT TNC

Board of Directors & Date Last ElectedTed S. Kroto, Sr. - Chairman (5-19-07)Emil McCord - Vice Chair (5-19-07)Susanna L. Moon - Director (5-31-08)Donald Standifer, Sr. – Director (5-30-09)Jaison Standifer - Ass’t.Sec/Treas. (5-31-08)Michaelene Stephan - President (5-30-09)Rober t Stephan, Sr. - Vice President (5-19-07)Terry Stephan - Treasurer (5-31-08)Betty Valka - Secretary (5-30-09) Board MentorsSeraphim Stephan, Sr.John Evans

Young Adult Advisory MembersBilly StephanApril StandiferRae Jean Bar tels

Staff at Anchorage OfficeTom Harris Chief Executive OfficerMichaelene Stephan PresidentMarc Stemp COO Geri Simon General CounselSteve Taylor Chief Financial OfficerLinda Bagby Chief Administrative OfficerChuck Akers ADI - Chief Executive OfficerMike Poston Business AnalystPeter Merryman Expediter Susanna L. Moon Senior AccountantRachel Chuitt Accounting ClerkKaren Leslie A/P TechnicianScott Pfeifer President - TSGKevin Dixon VP - TSGJames Anderson Director of Operations - TSGDavid Marshall VP of Contracts - TSGKarin Griffith IT Director Becky Peratrovich Corp. Communications Mgr.Jonalyn Najera Office ManagerRose Chuitt SH Records Clerk/HR GeneralistTeresa Standifer Records TechnicianSteven Holley Lands TechnicianElizabeth Standifer Receptionist/Admin IDavid Kroto Systems SpecialistLaura Alimi Intern-Communications

Staff at Tyonek OfficeBetty Valka Village Coordinator Rober t Stephan, Sr. Land Security Jaison Standifer Fleet/Facilities ManagerDon Standifer Sr. CEO, TC,LLCEmil McCord Admin. Assistant

Contact Information—AnchorageTelephone (907) 272-0707Fax (907) 274-7125Toll-Free 1-(877) TNC-MOOS (862-6667)www.tyonek.com

Contact Information—TyonekTelephone (907) 583-2520

A Special Act of Kindness

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Out of his own pocket and the kind-ness of his heart, Shareholder, Lecon (Timothy) Chuitt, purchased 34 tur-keys and “fixins”, as a special Christ-mas gift to the Tyonek residents. He also organized the delivery of them and quickly loaded the airplane for de-livery by Christian Pilots to the village on Friday, December 18, 2009. The photos below show the crew loading in Anchorage and unloading the grocer-

ies in Tyonek. “Thank you” to Lecon for this generous gift. Thanks also to the Food Bank of Alaska and Christian Pilots of Alaska/Global Partnership Ministries for their assistance in delivering the groceries to the village in such a tight flying weather window, and little daylight.

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BIRTHDAYS

Shareholder News

ANNOUNCEMENTS

If you have an announcement you’d like to share

with other Tyonek Native Corporation shareholders

in the Tebughna Henek or the Tebughna Foudnation

Newsletters please contact Becky Peratrovich at (907)

646-3134 or email [email protected].

JANUARYGwendolynn S. ChickalusionJanice B. GottschalkTania A. EvanJustine A. WarneyEdward A. Van VelzorKatherine ChickalusionLawrence McCordDianna A. EvansMary J. EubanksLawrence ChuittMarvin KrotoMalachi D. McCord-BucklesLawrence M. Starkloff Sr.Jane L. Standifer-TrentonAlexandra S. KaloaVide B. Van VelzorAmanda C. ConstantineJenna M. StandiferBreanna A. StephanDorothy C. BismarkKatrina L. PulliamJudy StandiferAngela D. SandstolRobert J. BergTatiana K. CauleyFreida McCordJoseph H. Rider IIIWeslee P. MoonDesmond K. MoonDominic J. MoonJaison StandiferLaura B. SetukAlycea K. HarpElisabeth E. GibbsSava Stephan Sr.Violet J. HolleyRoy E. McCordSusie MeadeStanley BismarkEugene TrentonMartin E. Chappell Jr.Gage N. CainLeonard D. AllowanElizabeth J. StandiferWilliam H. DossTracey L. MuellerJoseph M. Standifer IBeverly A. McCordEthel MusgroveErnest S. StandiferLecon ChuittLeonard W. Trenton

Mariah R. PaulsonChristopher R. Shanagin Jr.Doris Baker

FEBRUARYBetsy ChuittTina L. StephanRoman L. ConstantineRobert J. StarkloffCornell L. ConstantineJoanna M. RaduegeAlina S. DemitAlec E. NottiErnest D. Baker IIIStephen R. GoozmerStephanie A. JacobsonFrancis M. DeFratesHarry T. BartelsMonica L. AhlersKristen N. ArroyoJonathan W. WystrachRyan C. BakerBart K. GarberBrenda F. HansenFrankie C. StandiferTony L. McCordSamuel Peter Jr.Gordon PeterAmy E. MoonAdreanna N. DossCaylee R. BrewerLecon Chuitt Sr.Caitlin I. DuenasDamion N. AlexanGilbert Slawson Sr.Brianne C. RamirezSamantha R. JacoyAntonio W. StephanJohann E. BartelsBilly G. StephanHolly L. RookerKelli L. HuberNial T. Masuda Jr.Kimberly A. AsherKate G. SchadleNicole K. StandiferKrystal L. ShaneBrandy C. StandiferAngela Z. JacoyHarvey W. KaloaSabrina L. KrotoMelissa E. Bartels

Chelsea L. StandiferNathaniel H. DossLauryn N. AveryEliana C. AhlersFrank Standifer IIINathan M. McWilliamsGeorge N. Constantine Jr.John M. ChappellSebastian A. GarberChristopher E. BurnettHenry J. Bartels Jr.Brendan A. BlackBriahna J. Standifer-StephanCarolina KompkoffKristen N. WeberAaron W. NottiCody R. Brewer

MARCHGina M. Cole-KrotoManiel ChickalusionTheodore ChickalusionIssac StephanGloria A. ConstantineLucy E. KoivistoNicole A. ZellerSharon V. SlaterAmanda M. NielsenKeith P Constantine Jr.Emilio K. HarpDaniel J. BusheyMaria E. MalvenJane A. StandiferArthur M. StandiferRayden M. AngasanMarie B. GarciaJordan M. StandiferSteven E. StandiferDarleen S. MishakoffBrandon J. StephanBrian J. MasudaFred W. Bahr IIICheyenne W. PetroAndrew Bismark-NickanorkaBetty BismarkLeland A. RamirezLisa E. OlrunLeah A. BlackMeadow L. OkpikAngelo J. HochmuthPaul R. Standifer Jr.Michael S. Stephan

TNC would like to wish the following shareholders a Happy Birthday!

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Tyonek Native Corporation Shareholder Talent Bank Form

1689 C Street, Suite 219 ��Anchorage, AK 99501-5131 � Ph 907.272.0707 � Fax 907.274.7125

Tyonek Native Corporation (TNC) Shareholders and spouses of a shareholder:

Thank you for taking the time to fill out the “Shareholder Talent Bank form”. TNC, Shareholder Services is creating a database for Shareholders and their spouses who are interested in employment and educational opportunities through TNC, our subsidiaries or joint ventures. TNC will also refer qualified candidates to other entities that announce their recruiting efforts to TNC.

Please note: “This is not an application for employment. This is an internal tool provided to shareholders and spouses of shareholders of Tyonek Native Corporation, for the purpose of assisting and finding employment or education assistance within the corporation.” Completing this form does not guarantee any offers. If you have questions call the Shareholder Representative at (907) 272-0707 or 1-877-862-6667.

Instructions: � Fill out the Shareholder Talent Bank form & TNC Application for Employment; include your work history. � Attach a resume, if you do not have a resume please call the Shareholder Representative. � Return all forms to Tyonek Native Corporation, attention: Shareholder Representative.

Last Name First Middle Initial Social Security Number Birth date:

______________________________________________________________________________________________ Street or Mailing Address City State Zip Code

______________________________________________________________________________________________ Home Phone Work or Message Phone Cell Phone/Page Email

______________________________________________________________________________________________ TNC Shareholder Related Shareholder Name and Phone Number Other Corp. Name _______________________ Other: Spouse/Guardian___________________ ___________________________________________________

Education: High School Graduate Yes No GED Highest College Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 College Degree Associates Bachelors Master PHD

Name and Location of School(s): ____________________________________________________________________ Please include College, Vocational, Apprenticeship, Seminars and Certifications (Dates): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ College Major: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Professional Licenses and/or Certificate. Drivers License number:________________________________ ________________________________________ State________________ Expiration date ___________________

Are you currently employed? Yes No If yes, please list your present occupation: _____________________________________________________ Are you employed? Full-Time Part-Time Are you retired? Yes No Are you self-employed Yes No

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Type of business __________________________________________________________________________ Are you interested in working for TNC or any of its subsidiaries? Yes No If yes, what type of position (s)? ______________________________________________________________

AREA(s) OF INTEREST:Please place a check mark in the departments you are most interested in.

Accounting/Finance Legal Contracts Administrative Support Social Work Communications Business Administration QC/Safety Construction Computer Services Public Relations Project Management Education Health Human Resources Engineering Skilled Trades Government/FAR Environmental/Lands Shareholder Services Management Hospitality/Food Service Equipment/Machinery Operation Intern Other (please Specify) __________________________________________ Apprentice

Would you be willing to relocate for employment? Are you willing to travel for employment? No, I am not interested in relocating. Yes, up to _____ days per year No Yes, I am willing to relocate with-in the state. Willing to work on rotation Yes, anywhere in the United States Yes, I am willing to relocate anywhere.

Would you be willing to attend additional training to advance your career? Yes No

What do you feel is the biggest challenge (if any) to complete a training program? 1 = biggest challenge, 2 = medium challenge, 3 = small challenge

Please circle one � Lack of funding 1 2 3 � Lack of training available 1 2 3 � Length of time required to complete 1 2 3 � Location of training away from family 1 2 3 � Other _________________________ 1 2 3

RELATED ACTIVITIES Please describe any school activities (High School and College) in which you have been an active participant:

Please list any honors or awards you’ve received or other accomplishments you’ve been recognized for:

Please describe any other education, training or related experience:

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Place an X in each box, if you have immediate working experience in performing the job function.

Administrative Technical Skilled Continued 10 Key SPM______ AN/GRN-29 Drum Dollies A/P Technician Civil Engineer Electrician A/R Technician Electronics Technician Electrician/Maintenance Accounting Clerk Electrical Engineer Food Service Worker Administer Contracts Environmental Technician General Labor Administrative Assistant FARS/Government Contracts Ground Maintenance Administer Contracts ILS Hand Truck Analyze Statistical Information Instrumentation Tech Hazardous Waste Benefits Technician Logistic Engineer Heavy Equip. Operator Business/Clerical Mechanical Engineer Housekeeper Process Checks METNAV HVAC Technician Data Entry NAVAIDS Hydraulics Faxing Airplane Pilot Janitor File Clerk Project Manager Lift 50 Pounds, Plus G/L Technician Power Plant Operator Lift up to 50 Pounds Grant Writer QC/Safety Liquid Fuel System Mechanic Inventory Control Telecommunications Mechanic Maintenance Technician Operate Copier Material Coordinator Payroll Technician Certification/License/Badge Plumber/Pipe Fitter Proof Reader Asbestos Abatement Radio Dispatch Schedule Appointment CDL Class A Spill Response Supervise/Train Personnel CDL Class B Warehouse Specialist Receptionist/Switchboard CDL Class C Transcriptions Certified Forklift Driver Date______ Training Typing WPM _______ Confined Space Please note there is no guarantee of Word Processing CPR/First Aid receiving training, in the event the Day Care opportunity arises, TNC would like to Computer Dependable Transportation know your area(s) of interest. AS400 Drivers License _________________________ Adobe PageMaker Hazmat 1 Date_______ Auto CADD HAZWOPER 24 Accounting Corel/DRAW HAZWOPER 40 Asbestos Abatement Dbase HAZWOPER Other Auto CADD Desk Top Publishing Journeyman Carpenter Business/Clerical E-mail Mshaw Date_______ CDL Freelance Graphics North Slope Training Card Certified Forklift Driver Internet Browser Nurse Practitioner Computer Skills Lotus 123 OSHA 10-hr. Date______ CPR/First Aid Lotus Notes Painter Certificate 8 hr/16 hr Electrical Macintosh Computer Six Pack Certificate HAZWOPER MS Access Secret Security Clearance Heavy Equipment MS Excel Sprinkler Pipe fitter Hospitality/Tourism MS PowerPoint USACOE Safety Date______ HVAC MS Project Water Safety Certificate NSTC MS Publisher Welder OSHA 10- hr MS Word Other Painters Certificate Novell Six Pack ORACLE Skilled Travel Agent Quark Xpress Boat Operator Water Safety Unix Buyer/Purchaser Spreadsheet Applications Billeting Scanning Boiler Plant Operator VMS Carpenter WinNT/2000 Carpenter’s Helper Word Perfect Construction Estimator Cook Cook, Prep Diesel Engineer Dormitory Supervisor

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DEPENDENT (MINOR CHILDREN) INFORMATION

Name____________________________________ Birth date_____________ School/Grade_________________________

Interests/hobbies______________________________________________________________________________________

Experience/training____________________________________________________________________________________

Does he/she have an interest in attending training or higher education? Yes No If yes, what is his/her interested field? ________________________________________

Name____________________________________ Birth date_____________ School/Grade_________________________

Interests/hobbies______________________________________________________________________________________

Experience/training____________________________________________________________________________________

Does he/she have an interest in attending training or higher education? Yes No If yes, what is his/her interested field? ________________________________________

Name____________________________________ Birth date_____________ School/Grade_________________________

Interests/hobbies______________________________________________________________________________________

Experience/training____________________________________________________________________________________

Does he/she have an interest in attending training or higher education? Yes No If yes, what is his/her interested field? ________________________________________

COMMENTS Please provide additional comments relating directly to training, education and employment not included in this questionnaire (Please attach additional paper if needed.)

___________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Thank you for your input! Please mail your completed survey in the self-addressed envelope to TNC.

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Shareholder News - Continued

NEW BABY!

Danny T. Alexan Sr.Carlos J. GarciaDennis M. ChuittHannah T. BartelsMax Chickalusion Jr.Donald RobertsonParis K. LokaninAlana B. Ray-FowlerJerry Peter Jr.James T. OlliceChristina L. KingRaven C. HansonAnnabell GoozmerRonald McCord Sr.Norma L. ChickalusionAnnie M. Peter

Kalliyah J. AltonWilliam Standifer Jr.Karen M. MahanMatthew D. SchadleJuliana M. StephanRaymond J. SlawsonRaymond L. McCordCynthia L. PalmerEdward L. Moore Jr.Rory J. Bartels-SalasMaria T. KeithMegan A. McCordRachel D. TrentonKatlynn L. PulliamBarbara J. DossMary J. Barragan

Christine M. Woods-SoulakLaura AlimiLeonard ChickalusionTheresa L. StephanChristine J. BrewerJayne L. TrentonNathan G. HansenCody R. CainLeeanne S. SmokeKayla M. GilesJalen J. BakerDiane BellJulee-Anna M. Van VelzorSara K. GottschalkAshley B. Atene

MARCH BIRTHDAYS CONTINUED

Seraphim Stephan, Sr. (Slim) celebrated his birthday in December with fam-ily and friends. Pictured at left is Slim with several of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

TNC descendant Justin Trenton, (son of the late Bertha K. Kroto) and Shanice Rouswell welcome Lalaith Novia Trenton to the family. Lalaith’s great-grandparents are the late David Trenton, and Virginia Trenton. Lalaith pictured at the right was born December 18, 2009 and weighed 7lbs, 4oz. Congratulations to the parents!

Lalaith Novia Trenton

Seraphim Stephan Sr.

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Tyonek Native Corporation1689 C Street, Suite 219Anchorage, AK 99501(907) 272-07071-877-TNC-MOOS

PRSRT STDUS Postage

PAIDAnchorage, AK

Permit #537

CONDOLENCES

Polly Marina Goozmer, 85, died Janu-ary 24, 2010, at Immaculate Concep-tion Assisted Living Home in Anchor-age, Alaska. She was born November 21, 1924, in Old Tyonek. Polly was a member of St. Innocent Russian Orthodox Church and enjoyed knitting, crocheting and baking. She loved the beauty of nature, birds and animals. Polly’s family says she always had kind thoughts of others.

She is survived by her sons, Alfred, Glen, and Thomas Goozmer; daughters, Barbara Doss, Kathy Smith, Annabel Goozmer, Marie Allowan and Edna M. Brown; sister, Clara Chuitt; broth-er, Lawrence Chuitt; 16 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Paul and Allie Chuitt; brothers, Ponto, Nester, Ste-ven and Patrick Chuitt; sisters, Agnes Chuitt and Jane Standifer.

Polly M. Goozmer ARTISTSTNC is actively seeking to purchase quality Native art from its shareholders and encourages TNC Sharehold-ers to share with TNC any arts and crafts they may have available for sale.

Any and all profits received from the sale of said arts and crafts will be donated to support the Tebughna Foundation.

If you or someone you know would like to share their crafts with TNC please contact Becky S. Peratrovich at [email protected] or (907) 350-9351 for further details.

TNC would like to extend their sin-cerest condolences to the family of

Shareholder, Polly Goozmer!

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