Adjacent Communities
The city of Kaktovik lies on the north shore of Barter Island.
The Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation (KIC) is the Village Corporation established for the Inupiat Eskimos of Kaktovik by the Alaska Native Claims Act of 1971.KIC owns approximately 92,000 acres of surface lands in and around the Kaktovik community.All of the corporation's land is within the boundaries of the Arctic Refuge.
Arctic Village is on the east fork of the Chandalar River.
In 1943,the Venetie Indian Reservation was established.When the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was passed in 1971,Venetie and Arctic Village opted for title to the the former Reservation.These 1.8 million acres are now Venetie Tribal Lands.The Gwich'in Indian members of both villages own this as tenants in common through the Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government.
The village of Old Crow is on the north bank of the Porcupine River,in Canada.
The Old Crow Flats Special Management Area was established under the terms of the Yukon First Nation Final Agreements signed on May 29,1993.Much of this special management area is owned by the local Gwich'in people.
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The City of Kaktovik.
The village of Old Crow.
The Old Crow Flats Special Management Area.
These and additional villages monitor their natural resources through the "community-based ecological monitoring program" within the Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Co-op.
