ICAS Hunter/Gatherer Program — traditional Native food for elders and members who cannot hunt
Iñupiat Community of the Arctic Slope (ICAS)
Who it’s for
ICAS tribal elders and citizens unable to hunt for themselves
About this service
ICAS runs a Hunter/Gatherer program whose purpose is to provide traditional Native foods (niqipiaq — caribou, fish, maktak, birds) to tribal elders and tribal citizens who are unable to hunt or fish for themselves. To ask about receiving food or about hunting for the program, call ICAS at 907-852-4227 (toll-free 888-788-4227) and ask for the Hunter/Gatherer program, 6986 Ahmaogak St, Utqiaġvik. (The Native Village of Barrow Wildlife Program, 907-852-4411, runs a similar Young Hunters program and subsistence support for NVB members.)