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Inuit Circumpolar Conference ce Een rere eee ket Cree Nem Sy ee cg rector, Department of Administration and Finance ea ieee ae ar ced ere aed Charlie Edwardsen, Jr. Director, Congressional Liaison Office Oliver Leavitt President, North Slope Borough Assembly Edward Hopson, Sr. Vice President, North Slope Borough Assembly eet Neem) aed Den cee en cet ea ace oor Coser en ener Sk oat PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE The Arctic is a unique environment. Indigenous peoples who live in the Arctic have demonstrated to mankind over tens of thousands of years their successful survival as a distinct people. Arctic cultures have evolved in isolation—not only from other geographical areas of the world—but in isolation from each other. While individual Arctic cultures may differ to some degree, they are all autochthonous: integrally a part of, and possessing the skills to live in total harmony with, the environment. Within this lifetime, the possibility of extensive damage to the fragile environment of the Arctic has become a real threat. To those living ip(f® Arctic, tl ility becomes a threat to the very foundation of Inuit society. As the qui resources ie dominant cultures to one of the most promising, unexplored areas of the world, the Arctic Polar region, exchange among Inuit (Inupiat/people) becomes not only important but esser jence at Barrow was Arctic ‘eloping an international Arctic \ey pertain to the Arctic policy, , health, education and Thus, the primary focus of the’ first Int conservation and environmental pr policy. However, a comprehensiv were also considered: land lai technology.

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