Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation

  1. Alaska Native village corporations
  2. Arctic Slope region
  3. Inupiat
  4. Oilfield services companies


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.[1][2] 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."[3]

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.[1]

Shareholders

At incorporation, Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation enrolled Alaska Native 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 Americans 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 212,000 acres (858 km2) of land in Alaska's North Slope Borough.[4] As provided under ANCSA, subsurface estate in UIC lands is owned by the Alaska Native regional corporation for the region, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation.

Business enterprises

As of 2006, Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation was ranked 9th by Alaska Business Monthly among Alaska-owned and based companies.[2]

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 [1]

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 [2]

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Corporations Database. Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation. Division of Corporations, Business & Professional Licensing, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation. (2006). "Company History.". Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
  3. ↑ Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. (n.d.). "Communities (ASRC Communities Flash Animation)." Retrieved on 2007-03-38.
  4. ↑ Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation. (2006). "Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).". Retrieved on 2007-03-28.

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