No word if she's sent an equivalent check to Mr. Lunny, or the Inupiat.
Glenn works with the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, which represents the business interests of Barrow's Inupiat Eskimos.
Inupiat leaders oppose offshore drilling that could disturb bowhead whales and other sea resources that are the basis of their subsistence culture.
The oil fields keep Barrow running, says Glenn, who is half Inupiat.
The Gwich'in are united in their opposition to oil development, but neighboring Inupiat Eskimos on the North Slope are more divided on the issue.
Each term is used to designate a meaningful and distinct phenomenon, and thus illustrates the refinement and subtlety with which Inupiat perceive and interact with their local ice environment.
Herman Aishanna, an Inupiat supervisor for public works in Kaktovik village, told me that North Slope oil revenues are already declining, and new sources of tax money and jobs must be found.
The uniform rows of grid-like streets, the four-wheel drive vehicles and modern wooden bungalows in the Inupiat village of Kaktovic show that they have already accepted any benefits and costs that oil may bring.
He previously served as President of Inuit Circumpolar Council - Alaska, Vice Chairman of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, and has served on the Board of Directors of Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation, the village corporation of Barrow, Alaska.
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It's always been generalized that the Gwich'in Indians, who don't actually live on the coastal plain but are along the migration corridor of the caribou that calve in the refuge, that they're the only ones who oppose drilling, and that the Inupiat Eskimos are all in favor of drilling since they stand to gain financially.
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