Band Name: | Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope |
People: | Iñupiat |
Headquarters: | Utqiagvik, Alaska, US |
Chief: | George Edwardson |
Tribal Council: | ICAS Tribal Council |
The Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope (ICAS) is a federally recognized Iñupiat Alaska Native tribal entity,[1] which acts as an "umbrella government" for Native villages in the North Slope Borough, including Point Lay, Point Hope, Wainwright, Anaktuvuk Pass, Utqiagvik (Barrow), Atqasuk, Kaktovik, and Nuiqsut.[2]
The Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope is headquartered in Utqiagvik, Alaska.[3]
In 2023, the Biden administration advanced a $8 billion ConocoPhillips project to drill for oil and gas on Alaska's North Slope. Native reactions to the project have varied, but the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, as a representative of the North Slope, has endorsed the project.[4]