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Alaska’s oil renaissance has arrived at the doorstep of an Iñupiaq village

Posted 1/21/26

The Iñupiaq village of Nuiqsut has contended for decades with the westward expansion of oil development on Alaska’s North Slope. Oil rigs have cropped up along the horizon, and industry roads now cut across the tundra just beyond the village. The industry’s growth has been lucrative for Nuiqsut’s Indigenous-owned village corporation, Kuukpik, which owns land […]

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