Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corporation
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Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation, or UIC, is one of about 200 Alaska Native village corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
of 1971 (ANCSA) in settlement of aboriginal land claims. Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation was incorporated in Alaska
on April 19, 1973. Located in Barrow
, Alaska
, Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation is a for-profit corporation whose Alaska Native
shareholders are primarily of Inupiat Eskimo
descent.
The name of the corporation derives from the Inupiaq
name for Barrow, Ukpeaġvik, which means "place to hunt snowy owls."
shareholders, each of whom received 100 shares of UIC stock. As an ANCSA corporation, Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation has no publicly traded stock and its shares cannot legally be sold.
s of the 48 contiguous states, Alaskan Natives were granted claims to ancestral lands, but had no citizenship rights. When Alaskan statehood was granted in 1959, the federal government claimed most of the land.
In response, Alaskan Natives began to dispute government claims, making “who owns Alaska" a national issue, particularly after oil was discovered on the Northern Slope. In response, Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) in 1971, extinguishing Alaska Native land claims in exchange for about 11 percent of Alaska plus $962.5 million. By conveying Native land title to 12 regional and 200 local village corporations, the ANCSA changed the relationship between Natives and the land from communal tenure to corporate ownership.
As a result, the Iñupiat people of Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost community in the United States located 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle, established the Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC). Barrow, named for Sir John Barrow who led the first polar expedition to the area, was called Ukpeaġvik, or place to hunt snowy owls" by the Iñupiat people. The town is the largest community on the North Slope, and more than two-thirds of its 4,600 people are Iñupiat.
Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation owns 212000 acres (858 km²) of land in Alaska's North Slope Borough. As provided under ANCSA
, subsurface estate in UIC lands is owned by the Alaska Native regional corporation
for the region, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
.
Under federal law, UIC and its majority-owned subsidiaries, joint ventures and partnerships are deemed to be "minority and economically disadvantaged business enterprise[s]" (43 USC 1626(e)).
Lines of Business http://www.ukpik.com/LinesOfBusiness.htm
Overview:
Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) is a diverse corporation. Their family of companies offers Construction, Engineering, Insurance, Oilfield Support, Technology & Professional, and Transportation, Marine, & Product Supply services to government and commercial customers locally and nationwide. They also offer several services to the residents of Barrow, AK to support the growing community.
UIC's family of companies include the following first tier subsidiaries.
Harpoon Construction Group, Inc.
6700 Arctic Spur Road
Anchorage, AK 99518
Phone: (907) 677-5200
Fax: (907) 677-5280
Rural Construction – Urban Construction – Public & Commercial Construction – Roofing Construction – Mechanical Engineering – Oilfield Piping – Telecommunications Equipment Installation & Maintenance – Partnering with tribes nationwide
Barrow Technical Services, Inc.
615 E. 82nd Ave, Suite 200
Anchorage, AK 99518-3159
Phone: (907) 273-1830
Fax: (907) 273-1831
Architecture – Engineering – Land Surveying – Hydrographic Surveying – Project Management – Construction Administration – Founded in 1982, specializing in Rural & Arctic Conditions
Umialik Insurance Company
1901 Bragaw St., Suite 100
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907) 338-5445
Fax: (907) 338-1458
Commercial Automobile – Commercial Fire – Commercial Package Policies – Computer Coverage – Course of Construction – Dwelling Fire – Garage Liability – General Liability – Homeowners – Inland Marine (Commercial)– Workers Compensation (Alaska only)
Pueo Group, LLC
Queen's Court
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 792-7702
Fax: (808) 792-7708
Insurance Services.
UIC Oilfield Services
6700 Arctic Spur Road
Anchorage, AK 99518
Phone: (907) 677-5200
Fax: (907) 677-5218
Oilfield Services.
Bowhead Technical & Professional Services, Inc./Bowhead Support Services
The Mark Center
4900 Seminary Road, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22311-1811
Phone: (703) 413-4226
Fax: (703) 379-6826
Information Technology – Program Management – Engineering and Technical Services Software and Database Development – Systems Engineering & Analysis – Design Systems Integration & Security Monitoring.
2007 8(a) revenue: $36,390,446. 2007 Total Federal IT revenue: $60,283,447. Founded in 1999, major customers include Army Corps of Engineers, Dahlgren Laboratory for the Naval Sea Systems Command, and Pentagon Renovation and Construction Program Office. The company provides program management, advanced IT, data entry and desktop publishing, software and database development, LAN and WAN applications, systems integration and security monitoring, technology solutions and communications and public affairs.
Ranked 10th nationally among all 8(a) Federal contractors in 2007 http://www.washingtontechnology.com/smallbusiness/8a/2007/
Bowhead Holding Company
1011 SW Klickitat Way, Suite 104
Seattle, WA 98134
Phone: (206) 623-6036
Fax: (206) 957-5261
Transportation, Marine & Product Supply Company.
Marine Transportation: Vessel Operating Common Carrier Barges to and from the far stretches of Alaska’s Arctic Region – Manufacturing & Retail Sale of Safety & Environmental Supplies & Equipment – Vehicle Maintenance to National Guard Bureau
Ukpeaġvik Holding Company
1250 Agvik Street
PO Box 890
Barrow, AK 99723
Phone: (907) 852-4711
Corporate Headquarters/Office of the UIC President – AAA Tours – Car Rental – Barrow Shops (Auto Mechanics) – Distilled Water – Real Estate – Science Division
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, commonly abbreviated ANCSA, was signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on December 23, 1971, the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANCSA was intended to resolve the long-standing issues surrounding aboriginal land claims in...
of 1971 (ANCSA) in settlement of aboriginal land claims. Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation was incorporated in Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
on April 19, 1973. Located in Barrow
Barrow, Alaska
Barrow is the largest city of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is one of the northernmost cities in the world and is the northernmost city in the United States of America, with nearby Point Barrow being the nation's northernmost point. Barrow's population was 4,212 at the...
, Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation is a for-profit corporation whose Alaska Native
Alaska Natives
Alaska Natives are the indigenous peoples of Alaska. They include: Aleut, Inuit, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Eyak, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.-History:In 1912 the Alaska Native Brotherhood was founded...
shareholders are primarily of Inupiat Eskimo
Eskimo
Eskimos or Inuit–Yupik peoples are indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia , across Alaska , Canada, and Greenland....
descent.
The name of the corporation derives from the Inupiaq
Inupiaq language
The Inupiat language, also known as Inupiatun, Inupiaq, Iñupiaq, Inyupiaq, Inyupiat, Inyupeat, Inyupik, and Inupik, is a group of dialects of the Inuit language, spoken in northern and northwestern Alaska. The Iñupiaq language is a member of the Eskimo languages group. There are roughly 2,100...
name for Barrow, Ukpeaġvik, which means "place to hunt snowy owls."
Officers and Directors
A current listing of Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation's officers and directors, as well as documents filed with the State of Alaska since UIC's incorporation, are available online through the Corporations Database of the Division of Corporations, Business & Professional Licensing, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development.Shareholders
At incorporation, Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation enrolled Alaska NativeAlaska Natives
Alaska Natives are the indigenous peoples of Alaska. They include: Aleut, Inuit, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Eyak, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.-History:In 1912 the Alaska Native Brotherhood was founded...
shareholders, each of whom received 100 shares of UIC stock. As an ANCSA corporation, Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation has no publicly traded stock and its shares cannot legally be sold.
Lands
When the United States purchased the Alaskan Territory from Russia in 1867, the only land ownership recognized by American law was that obtained by Russian title. Like the Native AmericanIndigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
s of the 48 contiguous states, Alaskan Natives were granted claims to ancestral lands, but had no citizenship rights. When Alaskan statehood was granted in 1959, the federal government claimed most of the land.
In response, Alaskan Natives began to dispute government claims, making “who owns Alaska" a national issue, particularly after oil was discovered on the Northern Slope. In response, Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) in 1971, extinguishing Alaska Native land claims in exchange for about 11 percent of Alaska plus $962.5 million. By conveying Native land title to 12 regional and 200 local village corporations, the ANCSA changed the relationship between Natives and the land from communal tenure to corporate ownership.
As a result, the Iñupiat people of Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost community in the United States located 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle, established the Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC). Barrow, named for Sir John Barrow who led the first polar expedition to the area, was called Ukpeaġvik, or place to hunt snowy owls" by the Iñupiat people. The town is the largest community on the North Slope, and more than two-thirds of its 4,600 people are Iñupiat.
Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation owns 212000 acres (858 km²) of land in Alaska's North Slope Borough. As provided under ANCSA
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, commonly abbreviated ANCSA, was signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on December 23, 1971, the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANCSA was intended to resolve the long-standing issues surrounding aboriginal land claims in...
, subsurface estate in UIC lands is owned by the Alaska Native regional corporation
Alaska Native Regional Corporations
The Alaska Native Regional Corporations were established in 1971 when the United States Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act which settled land and financial claims made by the Alaska Natives and provided for the establishment of 13 regional corporations to administer those...
for the region, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, or ASRC, is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 in settlement of aboriginal land claims. Arctic Slope Regional Corporation was incorporated in Alaska on June 22, 1972...
.
Business enterprises
As of 2006, Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation was ranked 9th by Alaska Business Monthly among Alaska-owned and based companies.Under federal law, UIC and its majority-owned subsidiaries, joint ventures and partnerships are deemed to be "minority and economically disadvantaged business enterprise[s]" (43 USC 1626(e)).
Lines of Business http://www.ukpik.com/LinesOfBusiness.htm
Overview:
Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) is a diverse corporation. Their family of companies offers Construction, Engineering, Insurance, Oilfield Support, Technology & Professional, and Transportation, Marine, & Product Supply services to government and commercial customers locally and nationwide. They also offer several services to the residents of Barrow, AK to support the growing community.
UIC's family of companies include the following first tier subsidiaries.
Harpoon Construction Group, Inc.
6700 Arctic Spur Road
Anchorage, AK 99518
Phone: (907) 677-5200
Fax: (907) 677-5280
Rural Construction – Urban Construction – Public & Commercial Construction – Roofing Construction – Mechanical Engineering – Oilfield Piping – Telecommunications Equipment Installation & Maintenance – Partnering with tribes nationwide
Barrow Technical Services, Inc.
615 E. 82nd Ave, Suite 200
Anchorage, AK 99518-3159
Phone: (907) 273-1830
Fax: (907) 273-1831
Architecture – Engineering – Land Surveying – Hydrographic Surveying – Project Management – Construction Administration – Founded in 1982, specializing in Rural & Arctic Conditions
Umialik Insurance Company
1901 Bragaw St., Suite 100
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907) 338-5445
Fax: (907) 338-1458
Commercial Automobile – Commercial Fire – Commercial Package Policies – Computer Coverage – Course of Construction – Dwelling Fire – Garage Liability – General Liability – Homeowners – Inland Marine (Commercial)– Workers Compensation (Alaska only)
Pueo Group, LLC
Queen's Court
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 792-7702
Fax: (808) 792-7708
Insurance Services.
UIC Oilfield Services
6700 Arctic Spur Road
Anchorage, AK 99518
Phone: (907) 677-5200
Fax: (907) 677-5218
Oilfield Services.
Bowhead Technical & Professional Services, Inc./Bowhead Support Services
The Mark Center
4900 Seminary Road, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22311-1811
Phone: (703) 413-4226
Fax: (703) 379-6826
Information Technology – Program Management – Engineering and Technical Services Software and Database Development – Systems Engineering & Analysis – Design Systems Integration & Security Monitoring.
2007 8(a) revenue: $36,390,446. 2007 Total Federal IT revenue: $60,283,447. Founded in 1999, major customers include Army Corps of Engineers, Dahlgren Laboratory for the Naval Sea Systems Command, and Pentagon Renovation and Construction Program Office. The company provides program management, advanced IT, data entry and desktop publishing, software and database development, LAN and WAN applications, systems integration and security monitoring, technology solutions and communications and public affairs.
Ranked 10th nationally among all 8(a) Federal contractors in 2007 http://www.washingtontechnology.com/smallbusiness/8a/2007/
Bowhead Holding Company
1011 SW Klickitat Way, Suite 104
Seattle, WA 98134
Phone: (206) 623-6036
Fax: (206) 957-5261
Transportation, Marine & Product Supply Company.
Marine Transportation: Vessel Operating Common Carrier Barges to and from the far stretches of Alaska’s Arctic Region – Manufacturing & Retail Sale of Safety & Environmental Supplies & Equipment – Vehicle Maintenance to National Guard Bureau
Ukpeaġvik Holding Company
1250 Agvik Street
PO Box 890
Barrow, AK 99723
Phone: (907) 852-4711
Corporate Headquarters/Office of the UIC President – AAA Tours – Car Rental – Barrow Shops (Auto Mechanics) – Distilled Water – Real Estate – Science Division
External links
- Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (official website).
- Harpoon Construction Group (official website).
- Umialik Insurance (official website).
- Pueo Group (official website).
- Bowhead Support Services (official website).
- Bowhead Holding Company (official website).