What does OC do for its shareholders besides pay dividends?
Aside from paying dividends to its shareholders, Ounalashka Corporation benefits shareholders, their descendants and the community as a whole in many ways. OC manages all of the lands conveyed to the Corporation through ANCSA. The Board of Directors strives to achieve the highest and best use of OC’s land through planning, all with an eye toward the future, and future generations of shareholders. OC’s land contains innumerable sites of archaeological importance that OC protects from pot hunters to the full extent of the law. OC is also cognizant of sites that have become endangered by development or the elements, and is in the process of systematic excavation resulting in the proper care and careful study of the artifacts. The Edna P. McCurdy Scholarship Foundation, a separate non-profit organization, provides scholarships to OC shareholders and their descendants. In addition, OC’s Board has developed implemented a Mentoring Program for future management of OC. OC houses a growing art
