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If the majority of the residents rely on subsistence hunting, why is the average household income so high? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.138.54.40 (talk) 00:28, August 20, 2007 (UTC)

Probably because Arctic Slope Regional Corporation tends to issue rather generous dividends. Plus, unlike most Native corporations, they enroll newly-born descendants as shareholders. Oh yeah, and Inupiat also tend to have large families. Despite all that, subsistence is important. Sam Taalak, who was mayor of both Barrow and Nuiqsut, testified in 1982 on proposed oil development in NPR–A. The gist of what he said is that if hunting and fishing habitat was sacrificed and not preserved, the only alternative the people living there would have is to go to the store and buy a chicken for $25. Oh yeah, there's also the aspect of them living in a far corner of the earth where consumer goods are exorbitantly expensive in many cases, as I hope I just made clear. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 21:03, 21 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]