Editing Nuiqsut, Alaska (section)

==Culture and history==
The native people of the village are [[Iñupiat]]. 
In the early 1970s, the village was re-established,{{clarify|date=February 2023}} when the residents moved to the region from [[Utqiaġvik]]. For one year they lived in tents while housing was built. These original residents were the first to receive dividends from the oil companies in exchange for land use. The dividends are passed from the original shareholders on to the community member of their choice (often parent to child).{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

Native traditions such as hunting (whale, caribou, fox, ptarmigan, etc.) and the making of native clothes and crafts continues,{{when|date=February 2023}} although the influence of modern society has reduced both need and interest in these activities to some degree. The traditional whale hunted by the whalers of Nuiqsut is the [[bowhead whale]].{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

In 2022, a gas leak forced some villagers to evacuate their homes.<ref name="cnn">{{Cite news |last=Nilsen |first=Ella |date=February 1, 2023 |title=Biden administration takes another step toward advancing a controversial oil drilling project in Alaska |language=en |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/01/politics/willow-alaska-oil-biden-environmental-study-climate/index.html |access-date=February 5, 2023 |website=CNN}}</ref>
 
In 2023, Nuiqsut officials criticized the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) public input process for [[ConocoPhillips]] so called [[Willow project]], as the BLM denied to extend the public comment period without explanation.<ref name="cnn" />