1968: Oil found in Prudhoe Bay; Alaska Native claims delay pipeline

Atlantic Richfield Oil Company announces the discovery of enormous gas and petroleum reserves in Prudhoe Bay on Alaska’s North Slope. With other companies, it proposes a pipeline from there to Valdez in south central Alaska. But development cannot proceed without Alaska Native assent, or a government settlement of Alaska Native land claims to most of the state’s land.

Theme

Land and Water, Native Rights

Region

Arctic