Doreen Leavitt writes in a commentary that it is imperative that federal decisionmakers meet early and often with North Slope ...

The local Inupiat turned for help to an unlikely source—the ... what historian Theodore Catton has called “inhabited wilderness.” The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (ANILCA) ...

Native American tribes in Alaska celebrated the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) decision to reinstate leasing and expansion for Alaska’s ...

Environmental groups criticised the move, saying it will put caribou, polar bears and migratory birds at risk. Read more at ...

The Interior Department will expand drilling opportunities in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the National Petroleum ...

On the North Slope of Alaska, the culture of the Inupiat centers on whales ... But this bowhead proved impossible to land, despite more than eight hours of effort by dozens of Inupiat.

Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corp represents a distinct Alaska Native community village tribe. ”But each has an important land base and each has had to learn how to traverse the for-profit environment.” ...

Meanwhile, the nonprofit corporation Voice of the Arctic Inupiat said the protections ... the culture and history of Alaska Native people living on these lands. In a statement, the president ...

In line with Trump’s executive order on Alaska energy, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the agency will reopen about 80% ...

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday announced steps to open up more acreage for oil and gas leasing and lift ...