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Kaktovik is the village that owns the company I work for. Really nice people, with a forward loooking council. Only one store as far as I know. As an outsider, coming into the community with an eye towards missionary work, I have to say that the Inupiat watch newcomers closely, and your actions will speak more than any words. They have been misled by experts from the oil companies, the state and the federal governments, not to mention several denominations (not least, my own Catholic church). I would plan on a very slow start if any in these villages you have mentioned here on CD. Most, not all, maybe, want to be left to their own devices in remote villages and towns. You might have a different experience than mine, but I have been to all of the North Slope villages, and on many occasions, not just once.
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