Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, or ASRC, is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) in settlement of aboriginal land claims. Arctic Slope Regional Corporation was incorporated in Alaska on June 22, 1972. Headquartered in Barrow, Alaska, with administrative offices in Anchorage, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation is a for-profit corporation with nearly 11,000 Alaska Native shareholders primarily of Inupiat Eskimo descent.
In both 2009 and 2008 the company appeared on the list of Top 100 US Federal Contractors, with contracts totalling $637.2 million and $791.2 million respectively.
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