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Alice Aishanna poses for a portrait outside her home displaying several American flags in Kaktovik, Alaska, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
A stop sign is seen on Nanook Avenue, a word taken from the Inupiaq word for polar bear, in an undeveloped area at the edge of the village in Kaktovik, Alaska, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Children stop to talk with friends on a snowmobile as they play in the snow after school in the village of Kaktovik, Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
A sign seeking election help is displayed on the bulletin board in the community building in Kaktovik, Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Charles Lampe, president of the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation and a city council member, poses for a portrait outside …