Mission StatementYak Tat Kwaan
The mission of Yak-Tat Kwaan, Inc. is to maximize the long term profitability of the corporations while providing adequate returns to the shareholders in order to assure the continuation of ownership by the traditional native group.
About Yak-Tat Kwaan
Yak-Tat Kwaan Inc. was established in 1971 through theAlaska Native Claims Act (ANCSA). The Colorado Oil Company wanted to drill exploratory wells in Icy Bay area. That brought forth the five clans that formed the first corporations of the five chiefs of Yakutat. They in return received payments from the oil company for the use of the land.
Yak-Tat Kwaan has been awarded the US Small Business Administration's "Eastern Pennsylvania Minority Small Business of the Year" for its PA based TecPort Solutions subsidiary.
Roy W. Blose, President and CEO of Harrisburg-based TecPort Solutions, Inc., will accept the SBA’s “Eastern Pennsylvania Minority Small Business of the Year” award on behalf of theaward winner—TecPort’s parent company Yak-Tat Kwaan, Inc.
With assistance from the Small Business Administration and the Kutztown University Small Business Development Center—TecPort Solutions has created more than 125 Information Technology jobs. TecPort Solutions’ business outlook shows the potential to more than double that number in the next 18 months.
The first quarter of 2010 has been both extremely productive and exciting. Our continued positive growth toward corporate stability and self sustainment has matured through controlled spending and carefully planned development. Yak-Tat Kwaan (YTK) is focusing on five strategic development projects in 2010:
1. Biomass: Renewable Energy, Lower Electrical Costs and a Self Sustaining Capability in our borough are vital. Everybody understands the high costs of living in Yakutat. Our Biomass project represents an exciting opportunity to address our high costs of energy head –on. Also, through effective use of biomass resources we will reduce our dependence on fossil fuel, improve our land, protect our environment and stimulate our local economy. YTK is taking the lead in the development of renewable energy sources and creating the innovate paths of emerging electrical/heat generation. In synchronization with the city, tribe and the forest service, YKT is leading a biomass project. Although still in its infancy, we have reached major benchmarks in definition and are out fundraising for further development. An acre of energy crops has been planted for research. I will post progress of this development on our new web site.