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A MULTI-PART SPECIAL REPORT -
HAWAI`I VOTES BOUGHT BY ALASKA OIL
From Ka Leo O Hawai`i By Juanita Mathews
Ka Leo Associate Editorials Editor
Now, Here's Part Three -
The Inupiat, who formed the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, with a growth rate ahead of the S&P 500 index, have brought in yearly revenues through oil and other subsidiaries of about $1.5 billion dollars.
This tribe is one of the richest in the nation and has ties with the oil industry including a contract with the United States to supply fuel to the military.
This tribe's political power has allowed them to push for opening the refuge to oil drilling, despite the protests of the other tribe living on ANWR lands.
The Gwich'in tribe, or Caribou People, is the other tribe living in the area. It depends on the coastal plain for its survival.
This tribe does not have the political power that the Inupiat tribe has, so they depend on grassroots efforts to fight the prospect of oil drilling in an area that is sacred to them.
To Be Continued ...
Tomorrow - A Traditional Life
