Calista Corporation is an Alaska Native regional corporation established in 1971 under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Headquartered in Anchorage, it is the second-largest of Alaska's 12 Native Regional Corporations, with more than 30 subsidiaries and over 38,000 Alaska Native shareholders. Its stated purpose is to improve the economic and social well-being of its shareholders and communities through diversified business operations and investments.
The corporation serves the Calista Region, covering the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers and the Bering Sea coast, including 48 permanent villages and eight seasonally occupied villages. Business activity spans several industry verticals: oil and gas support services, construction, environmental services, federal contracting and natural resource development, delivered through its subsidiary companies.
Calista describes its culture as rooted in the values of the Central Yup'ik and Athabascan peoples of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Region, emphasising servant leadership, cultural pride and what it calls a world-class standard of corporate excellence. Shareholder benefits include employment opportunities, scholarship programmes, dividend distributions and economic development initiatives. The company is Alaska Native owned and shareholder-focused.
