Arctic Refuge

Gwich’in Steering Committee Statement on AIDEA Lease Cancellation

September 6, 2023
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The Gwich’in Steering Committee welcomes the cancellation of AIDEA’s leases to develop oil and gas on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge – land sacred to the Gwich’in and the birthing grounds […]

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    In the words of Gwich’in elder Jonathon Solomon of Fort Yukon, Alaska, "It is our belief that the future of the Gwich’in and the future of the Caribou are the same. Harm to the Porcupine Caribou Herd is harm to the Gwich’in culture and millennia-old way of life."
    — Jonathon Solomon

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