MISSION: The main goal and driving force of the Tribe is to serve our members by providing them the maximum amount of benefit possible with the resources available. A large part of the Tribes responsibility is the administration of Federal programs and services directed at Native Americans. Besides the social and service programs such as Realty, General Assistance, Child Welfare, Enrollment, and Education, efforts are being made to expand the Tribes mission through the creation of a Tribal immersion school (Nikaitchuat Ilisagviat), development of a housing program, and creating economic projects, such as a facility to manufacture foam house panels and a game meat/fish processing business. The Tribe is also involved with the management of the Natural Resources that sustain our members and provide the base for our culture, which includes cooperative research efforts and Environmental Protection. Legislative issues that may impact the lives of Tribal members are monitored and the Tribe advocates for policies that will result in the greatest social justice for our members. The Tribe also promotes Inupiaq celebrations and incorporates Inupiaq values whenever the opportunity presents itself (Inupiaq Ilitqusiat).		LOCATION: Qikiktagruk is located in northwest Alaska, 30 miles above the Arctic Circle on the Baldwin Peninsula, which is bordered on one side by a large estuarine environment called Kobuk Lake by local residents. The other side of the Peninsula, and the side that the community of Kotzebue is located on, borders the Chukchi Sea by way of Kotzebue Sound. Other major features of the area include the deltas of three large rivers, the Kobuk, Noatak, and Selawik, and the presence of mountain ranges on the mainland across from the peninsula, these being part of a larger group of mountains collectively referred to as the Brooks Range or Minumirauq and Qipaluq.   To learn more about our country use your search engine and the keywords such as: Kotzebue, Noatak National Preserve, Cape Krusenstern, Kobuk Valley National Park and Selawik Wildlife Refuge. Because of the historical anthropological significance of a large part of the Tribes traditional territory, and due to its undeveloped nature, it was designated of national significance in the 1980 Alaska National Interest Land Claims, to become the Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Noatak National Preserve, and the Kobuk National Park. Our members continue to camp and harvest natural resources from these area's and in fact a large part of the designating legislation is dedicated to the importance of these places to local residents and their continued use and access to meet their cultural and nutritional needs.