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North Slope Inupiat leader urges seat at policy table as federal rules shift
Summary
The elected leader of a North Slope Inupiat organization told a House subcommittee that inconsistent federal actions in recent years — including lease cancellations and rule changes — harmed local planning and that future development must include meaningful consultation and respect for subsistence ways of life.
Nogaruk Harcharik (testimony name used in the hearing), president of the Voice of the Arctic Inupiat, testified that the North Slope's eight communities and their subsistence livelihoods have been affected by past federal policies and that recent federal decisions were sometimes announced to communities by the media rather than through direct coordination.
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