VOICE Statement on the President’s Address to the Joint Session of Congress
A statement from Nagruk Harcharek, President of the Voice of Arctic Iñupiat (VOICE) following President Trump's first address of his second term to a joint session of Congress. VOICE is a nonprofit organization established in 2015 by the region's collective elected Iñupiat leadership and is dedicated to preserving and advancing North Slope Iñupiat cultural and economic selfdetermination. Its members include local governments, Alaska Native Corporations, federally-recognized tribes, and tribal non-profits across the North Slope of Alaska.
VOICE Statement on Trump-Vance Executive Orders
A statement from Nagruk Harcharek, President of the Voice of Arctic Iñupiat (VOICE) on President Trump’s executive order supporting resource development in Alaska. VOICE is a nonprofit organization established in 2015 by the region’s collective elected Iñupiat leadership and is dedicated to preserving and advancing North Slope Iñupiat cultural and economic selfdetermination.
VOICE Statement on NPR-A Announcement
A statement from Nagruk Harcharek, President of the Voice of Arctic Iñupiat (VOICE) on the U.S. Department of the Interior's latest announcement concerning North Slope Iñupiat Indigenous homelands in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A).
Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat Statement on ANWR Coastal Plain Lease Sale
A statement from Nagruk Harcharek, President of Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat (VOICE). VOICE is a nonprofit organization established in 2015 by the region's collective elected Iñupiat leadership and is dedicated to preserving and advancing North Slope Iñupiat cultural and economic self-determination. Its members include local governments, Alaska Native Corporations, federally recognized tribes, and tribal non-profits across the North Slope of Alaska.
Biden DOI’s ANWR Record of Decision and Minimized Lease Sale Undermines the Economic and Cultural Sovereignty of the North Slope Iñupiat
Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat (VOICE) and its 21 members object to today's release from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the final Record Of Decision (ROD) for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) and announcement of a minimized second lease sale for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's (ANWR) Coastal Plain.
ANWR Coastal Plain Lease Sale Advances
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) released the final supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) and announced the second lease sale for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) Coastal Plain. As part of the SEIS, BLM and USFWS continue to ignore the North Slope Inupiat in favor of groups that do not reside in the region. Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat (VOICE), along with the people and elected leadership of Kaktovik, the only community within all of ANWR, are unified in opposition to this hasty policy move by the Biden administration.
Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat Statement on DOI RFI Public Comment Period
A statement from Nagruk Harcharek, President of the Voice of Arctic Iñupiat (VOICE). VOICE is a nonprofit organization established in 2015 by the region's collective elected Iñupiat leadership and is dedicated to preserving and advancing North Slope Iñupiat cultural and economic selfdetermination. Its members include local governments, Alaska Native Corporations, federally recognized tribes, and tribal non-profits across the North Slope of Alaska.
Bipartisan Delegation Visit to North Slope Highlights State and Congressional Commitment to Iñupiaq Self-Determination
A statement from Nagruk Harcharek, President of the Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat (VOICE). VOICE is a nonprofit organization established in 2015 by the region's collective elected Iñupiat leadership to speak with a unified voice on issues impacting the North Slope Iñupiat, their communities, their economy, and their culture. Its members include local governments, Alaska Native Corporations, federally recognized tribes, and tribal non-profits across the North Slope of Alaska.
Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat Statement on Further NPR-A Actions
A statement from Nagruk Harcharek, President of the Voice of Arctic Iñupiat ("VOICE"). VOICE is a nonprofit organization established in 2015 by the region's collective elected Iñupiat leadership and is dedicated to preserving and advancing North Slope Iñupiat cultural and economic self-determination. Its members include local governments, Alaska Native Corporations, federally recognized tribes, and tribal non-profits across the North Slope of Alaska. VOICE filed a lawsuit this year against the federal government to challenge its National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) Rule and the process through which it was produced.
Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat Files Suit Against the Federal Government to Challenge NPR-A Rulemaking Process
Today, on behalf of its 23 members and their North Slope constituents, Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat (VOICE) filed a suit to challenge the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) final rule for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). This rule, which was crafted without meaningful engagement with those who live on the North Slope and therefore will be most affected, will significantly hinder economic development in the region and presents serious risks to Indigenous communities and Iñupiaq culture.
North Slope Indigenous Elected Leaders Meet with Secretary Haaland After Years of Denials and Ignored Requests
After years of stonewalling the North Slope Iñupiat by declining or ignoring at least eight meeting requests, Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland met today with the region's Indigenous elected leadership to discuss the federal government's unprecedented mandates affecting their ancestral homelands, including the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
Statement on Alaska’s Right to Produce Act
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 6285, "Alaska's Right to Produce Act," introduced by Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN) in response to the Biden administration's unprecedented, unilateral September 2023 decisions impacting North Slope Iñupiat homelands within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The bill would reverse the federal government's mandates in NPR-A and ANWR and reflect overwhelming opposition to the Department of the Interior (DOI)'s actions by North Slope Iñupiat communities, whose voices have repeatedly been ignored by the administration.