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A Native-Alaskan Seat at the Table

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Located in Barrow, the northernmost tip of the United States, the Alaskan-native-run Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation (UIC) provides social and economic resources to nearly 3,000 Inupiat shareholders and their descendants. On the sidelines of the Wilson Center-Arctic Circle Forum, the corporation’s president, Anthony Edwardsen, described the challenges of balancing local interests with increasingly global interests in the Arctic and the importance of having “our seat at the table.”

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Located in Barrow, the northernmost tip of the United States, the Alaskan-native-run Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation (UIC) provides social and economic resources to nearly 3,000 Inupiat shareholders and their descendants. On the sidelines of the Wilson Center-Arctic Circle Forum, the corporation’s president, Anthony Edwardsen, described the challenges of balancing local interests with increasingly global interests in the Arctic and the importance of having “our seat at the table.”

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Since its inception in 2017, the Polar Institute has become a premier forum for discussion and policy analysis of Arctic and Antarctic issues, and is known in Washington, DC and elsewhere as the Arctic Public Square. The Institute holistically studies the central policy issues facing these regions—with an emphasis on Arctic governance, climate change, economic development, scientific research, security, and Indigenous communities—and communicates trusted analysis to policymakers and other stakeholders.    Read more

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