Point Hpoe Alaska

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(Sec. 16, T034N, R035W, Kateel River Meridian.)</div> <bR> <div> Point Hope is located in the Barrow Recording District.</div> <bR> <div> The area encompasses 6.3 sq. miles of land and 0.1 sq. miles of water.</div> <bR> <div> The climate is arctic.</div> <div> Temperatures range from -49 to 78.</div> <div> Precipitation is light, 10 inches annually, with snowfall of 36 inches.</div> <div> The Chukchi Sea is ice-free from late June until mid-September.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Organizations with Local Offices</B></div> <div> <B>City</B> - City of Point Hope</div> <div> P.O. Box 169</div> <div> Point Hope, AK 99766-0169</div> <div> Phone 907-368-2537</div> <div> Fax 907-368-2835</div> <div> E-mail <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >akphogov@hotmail.com</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Village Corporation</B> - Tigara Corporation</div> <div> 2121 Abbott Road</div> <div> Anchorage, AK 99507-</div> <div> Phone 907-365-6299</div> <div> Fax 907-365-6250</div> <div> E-mail <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >rrock@tikigaq.com</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Village Council</B> - Native Village of Point Hope</div> <div> P.O. Box 109</div> <div> Point Hope, AK 99766</div> <div> Phone 907-368-2330</div> <div> Fax 907-368-2332</div> <bR> <div> <B>Regional Organizations</B></div> <div> <B>Borough</B> - North Slope Borough</div> <div> P.O. Box 69</div> <div> Barrow, AK 99723</div> <div> Phone 907-852-2611</div> <div> Fax 907-852-0337</div> <div> E-mail <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >bertha.panigeo@north-slope.org</FONT></div> <div> Web <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >http://www.north-slope.org</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Regional Native Non-Profit</B> - Arctic Slope Native Assoc., Ltd.</div> <div> P.O. Box 1232</div> <div> Barrow, AK 99723</div> <div> Phone 907-852-2762</div> <div> Fax 907-852-2763</div> <div> E-mail <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >ebenh@barrow.com</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Native Housing Authority</B> - Native Village of Point Hope</div> <div> P.O. Box 109</div> <div> Point Hope, AK 99766</div> <div> Phone 907-368-2330</div> <div> Fax 907-368-2332</div> <bR> <div> <B>Facilities, Utilities, Schools and Health Care</B></div> <div> The North Slope Borough provides all utilities in Point Hope.</div> <div> Water is derived from a lake six miles to the east, is treated and stored in a tank.</div> <div> A number of homes have water tanks, with water delivery, which provides running water for kitchens; others haul water.</div> <div> Point Hope has received funds to begin construction of a piped sewer system and treatment plant.</div> <div> The community wants a system with household plumbing, flush toilets, and showers.</div> <div> Electricity is provided by North Slope Borough.</div> <div> There is one school located in the community, attended by 261 students.</div> <div> Local hospitals or health clinics include Point Hope Health Clinic (907-368-2234).</div> <div> Point Hope is classified as an isolated village, it is found in EMS Region 6A in the North Slope Region.</div> <div> <B>Emergency Services</B></div> <div> Emergency Services have coastal and air access.</div> <div> Emergency service is provided by 911 Telephone Service, volunteers and a health aide Auxiliary health care is provided by Point Hope Volunteer Fire Dept. (907-368-2774).</div> <bR> <div> <B>Economy and Transportation</B></div> <div> Most full time positions in Point Hope are with the city and borough governments.</div> <div> Residents manufacture whalebone masks, baleen baskets, ivory carvings and Eskimo clothing.</div> <div> Two residents hold a commercial fishing permit.</div> <div> Seals, bowhead whales, beluga whales, caribou, polar bears, birds, fish and berries are utilized.</div> <bR> <div> The State-owned 4,000' long by 75' wide paved airstrip provides Point Hope's only year-round access. Skiffs, umiats and snow machines are used for local transportation. Barges deliver goods during summer months.</div> <bR> <div> <B>History, Culture and Demographics</B></div> <div> Point Hope (Tikeraq) peninsula is one of the oldest continuously occupied Inupiat Eskimo areas in Alaska.</div> <div> Several settlements have existed on the peninsula over the past 2,500 years, including Old and New Tigara, Ipiutak, Jabbertown, and present Point Hope.</div> <div> The peninsula offers good access to marine mammals, and ice conditions allow easy boat launchings into open leads early in the spring whaling season.</div> <div> The people were traditionally aggressive and exercised dominance over an extensive area, from the Utukok to Kivalina Rivers, and far inland. </div> <bR> <div> By 1848, commercial whaling activities brought an influx of Westerners, many of whom employed Point Hope villagers.</div> <div> By the late 1880s, the whalers established shore-based whaling stations, such as Jabbertown.</div> <div> These disappeared with the demise of whaling in the early 1900s.</div> <div> The City government was incorporated in 1966.</div> <div> In the early 1970s the village moved to a new site just east of the old village because of erosion and periodic storm-surge flooding.</div> <div> Most of the housing was moved on runners to the new site.</div> <div> New houses were constructed by the Borough and individuals. </div> <div> A federally-recognized tribe is located in the community -- the Native Village of Point Hope.</div> <div> The population of the community consists of 90.6% Alaska Native or part Native.</div> <div> Point Hope residents (Tikeraqmuit Inupiat Eskimos) are dependent upon marine subsistence.</div> <div> This highly favorable site, with its abundant resources, has enabled the Tikeraqmuit to retain strong cultural traditions after more than a century of outside influences.</div> <div> <I><B>The sale, importation or possession of alcohol is banned in the village.</B></I></div> <div> During the 2000 U.S. Census, total housing units numbered 215, and vacant housing units numbered 29. Vacant housing units used only seasonally numbered 22. U.S. Census data for Year 2000 showed 240 residents as employed.</div> <div> The unemployment rate at that time was 25.71 percent, although 51.32 percent of all adults were not in the work force.</div> <div> The median household income was $63,125, per capita income was $16,641, and 14.83 percent of residents were living below the poverty level.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ast2.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ast2.com"> <img src="HTMLobj-186/aniGif.gif" alt="Rent this Space" border="0" align="bottom" width="468" height="60">  </A></div> <bR> <div> Web Site by: <A HREF="http://www.AST2.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.AST2.com">AST2.com</A>   Low Cost Business Sites</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>