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The borough was established in 1972 by an election of the majority Indigenous people in the region, following Congressional passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Most are Inupiat. The borough was named for the Alaska North Slope basin. In 1974, it adopted a Home Rule Charter, enabling it to exercise any legitimate governmental ...
Blanket toss in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. Nalukataq (Inupiaq: [nɐlukɐtɑq], naluk-'to throw it underhand; to toss it up' + kataq) is the spring whaling festival of the Iñupiat of Northern Alaska, especially the North Slope Borough. It is characterized by its namesake, the dramatic Eskimo blanket toss.
The Messenger Feast or Kivgiq [pronunciation?], Kevgiq [pronunciation?] (Kivgiġñiq in Iñupiaq dialect of North Slope Borough, [1] Kivgiqsuat in King Island Iñupiaq, [2] Kevgiq in Yup'ik [3] [4]), is a celebratory mid-winter festival in Alaska traditionally held by Iñupiaq (Tikiġaġmiut, Nunamiut...) and Yup'ik peoples after a strong whale harvest.
North Slope Borough police found a man and woman dead and two other men wounded when officers responded to a shooting at a Point Hope home at 11:35 p.m. Sunday, charging documents said.
According to town's official website, Utqiaġvik is the "economic, transportation and administrative center" for the North Slope Borough and was incorporated as a first-class city in 1958.
Sep. 23—Over the summer, Daniel Thomas estimates he knocked on around 200 doors in communities on Alaska's North Slope, trying to talk with every household about COVID-19 and vaccinations ...
Much of the region is located politically in North Slope Borough, and geographically in the Alaska North Slope basin. On August 12, 2018, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit the region, the most powerful recorded for the Alaskan North Slope. [3]
In 1972, the North Slope Borough was established. The borough has built sanitation facilities, water and electrical utilities, roads, and fire departments, and has established health and educational services in Utqiagvik and the villages of the North Slope with millions of dollars in new revenues from the settlement and later oil revenues.