Whaling captain and Iñupiat leader Oliver Aveogan Leavitt has died at 79. He is remembered by his friends and fellow Alaska Native leaders as a giver, a cultural leader and a uniting force.
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation board member Oliver Leavitt stands in front of a map of the North Slope in the ASRC board room on Nov. 2, 2021 in Utqiagvik. Leavitt spent time working on Native claims issues with Congress in the 1970s.
Throughout his life, Leavitt has served in many leadership positions across the state and was a key player in the negotiation of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. He was treasurer of the Arctic Slope Native Association for 24 years, a board member of the Alaska Federation of Natives for 28 years and the first president of the North Slope Borough Assembly. He was also a member of the U.S.
“He comes from that world, and he knew how hard it was, and he wanted to make life better,” Hensley said, “for his own people to have an easier life.”After serving in the Army during Vietnam War and traveling to teach across the country, Leavitt came back to Utqiagvik and started by working with youth. Then his career in municipal government began.
To help North Slope residents have an accessible heating and power source, Leavitt was one of the architects of the, which helped the North Slope Borough secure a natural gas field, Barrow Gas Fields, from the U.S. Navy, Hensley said. After Leavitt’s death, Alaska’s congressional delegation, Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Mary Peltola, mourned his passing and spoke about his legacy in statements on social media.
Leavitt “had really, really deep connections with people and places,” which he shared with youth in his community, Glenn said.
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