Alaska's North Slope Borough Revisited
Accepted For Publication Alaska's North Slope Borough, established in 1972, is in many ways a unique institution of Native-controlled local government in the north. The borough represents a significant case study of Native self-determination under unusually favorable conditions: indigenous, loc...
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ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/12349 2023-05-15T15:10:10+02:00 Alaska's North Slope Borough Revisited Knapp, Gunnar Morehouse, Thomas 1991 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12349 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400013061 en_US eng Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska. Knapp, G., & Morehouse, T. (1991). Alaska's North Slope Borough revisited. Polar Record, 27(163), 303-312. doi:10.1017/S0032247400013061 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400013061 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12349 Polar Record Inupiat North Slope Borough self-determination resource wealth opportunities challenges resource development local control indigenous people Report 1991 ftunivalaska https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400013061 2023-02-23T21:37:54Z Accepted For Publication Alaska's North Slope Borough, established in 1972, is in many ways a unique institution of Native-controlled local government in the north. The borough represents a significant case study of Native self-determination under unusually favorable conditions: indigenous, local control of both resource wealth and political power. The North Slope Borough has been the instrument by which the Inupiat of the North Slope have successfully captured and used the oil wealth in their region, with clear economic and political benefits. They have gained high levels of local public services, jobs, and incomes; and effective representation in negotiations with external corporate and government authorities. The borough has also helped to preserve and adapt critical elements of traditional Inupiat culture. Costs of development and change under North Slope Borough leadership have included waste and inefficiency as well as crime and corruption. Centralized power in borough headquarters has reduced the independence of the borough villages and encouraged borough · citizens to act like clients and consumers. The Borough economy remains dependent upon uncertain tax revenues from the oil industry, with uncertain future employment opportunities for a rapidly growing Native population. North Slope Borough government has provided the Alaska arctic Inupiat with means to greater political self-sufficiency. Overall, the North Slope Borough has responded effectively, under great pressure, to the opportunities and the problems that petroleum development has brought to the region. Report Arctic Inupiat north slope Polar Record Alaska University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA Arctic Polar Record 27 163 303 312 |
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Accepted For Publication Alaska's North Slope Borough, established in 1972, is in many ways a unique institution of Native-controlled local government in the north. The borough represents a significant case study of Native self-determination under unusually favorable conditions: indigenous, local control of both resource wealth and political power. The North Slope Borough has been the instrument by which the Inupiat of the North Slope have successfully captured and used the oil wealth in their region, with clear economic and political benefits. They have gained high levels of local public services, jobs, and incomes; and effective representation in negotiations with external corporate and government authorities. The borough has also helped to preserve and adapt critical elements of traditional Inupiat culture. Costs of development and change under North Slope Borough leadership have included waste and inefficiency as well as crime and corruption. Centralized power in borough headquarters has reduced the independence of the borough villages and encouraged borough · citizens to act like clients and consumers. The Borough economy remains dependent upon uncertain tax revenues from the oil industry, with uncertain future employment opportunities for a rapidly growing Native population. North Slope Borough government has provided the Alaska arctic Inupiat with means to greater political self-sufficiency. Overall, the North Slope Borough has responded effectively, under great pressure, to the opportunities and the problems that petroleum development has brought to the region. |
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