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The Real People of the Place We Hunt Snowy Owls The tiny borough of Barrow, or Ukpeagvik (Where We Hunt Snowy Owls), is the big city to many Inupiat (Real People) in the North Slope of Alaska. Over 60% of the 4,500 people in Barrow are Inupiat and are primarily employed by the City of Barrow and oil field-related enterprises. In 1971, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was signed into law. This, in effect, took the land away from individual people and turned it over to village corporations. A complex web of corporations and limited liability companies was created to provide native sha...
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Anchorage, Alaska US
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