Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope
The Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope is a United States federally recognized Iñupiat Alaska Native tribal entity, which acts as an "umbrella government" for Native villages in the North Slope Borough, including Point Lay, Point Hope, Wainwright, Anaktuvuk Pass, Utqiagvik (Barrow), Atqasuk, Kaktovik, and Nuiqsut.
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The Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope is headquartered in Utqiagvik, Alaska.In 2023, the Biden administration advanced a $8 billion ConocoPhillips project to drill for oil and gas on Alaska's North Slope. Native reactions to the project have varied, but the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, as a representative of the North Slope, has endorsed the project.