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Primus Solutions Inc. (ASRC Primus) belongs to the ASRC Federal family of companies. ASRC Federal is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation formed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Primus is certified by the Small Business Administration as an 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB). Primus Solutions was established in 1998 and acquired by ASRC Federal in 2007.

Formed in 2003, ASRC Federal is an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) and a subsidiary

of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC). ASRC Federal has a robust business infrastructure, managing operations for nine subsidiary companies consisting of nearly 4,000 employees across the United States. ASRC Federal’s infrastructure extends beyond IT. The infrastructure provides financial and accounting applications, a robust time keeping system, and project management toolsets; business applications of a mature Fortune 500 Company. This allows ASRC Primus to have the flexibility and low cost pricing of a small 8(a) with the reach-back of large IT companies.

The ASRC Federal subsidiaries support a broad range of federal customers by providing support services in engineering, aviation, transportation, satellite and radar systems, space and missile defense, operations and maintenance, IT/IM and security support to civil and military R&D centers, and federal data centers. For more information, please visit www.asrcfederal.com

ASRC is a private, for-profit corporation owned by 9,500 Inupiat shareholders from the North Slope of Alaska. Established in 1971 as part of the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). Click on the bar below for more information about ANCSA.

ASRC represents eight villages on the North Slope: Point Hope, Point Lay, Wainwright, Atqasuk, Barrow, Nuiqsut, Kaktovik and Anaktuvuk Pass. ASRC and its subsidiaries are committed to increasing the economic and shareholder development opportunities within our region and where we do business. A portion of our revenues is invested into supporting initiatives that aim to promote healthy communities and sustainable economies. ASRC is committed to preserving the Inupiat culture and traditions which strengthen both our shareholders and ASRC. By adhering to the traditional values of protecting the land, the environment and the culture of the Inupiat, ASRC has successfully adapted and prospered in an ever changing economic climate. For more information about ASRC, please visit www.asrc.com

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Oil was discovered at Prudhoe Bay in 1968, resulting in plans to build the 800-mile long Trans-Alaska pipeline. Alaska had to settle the Native land claims prior to the commencement of the pipeline construction and any oil development. On December 18, 1971, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was signed into law (P.L. 92-203).

ANCSA was a unique settlement for Alaska’s Native people. Never before, had Native Americans received independence in land, social and economic affairs management. ANCSA’s stated goal and premise was Native American self-determination through full-scale participation in the traditional American economic model. The stated goal of these social enterprises, called Alaska Native corporations (ANCs), was to build economic self-sufficiency while addressing the social and cultural needs of Alaska Natives. This hybrid was a striking difference to the Federal Indian policy of Lower 48 reservations and oversight by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which at that time was viewed as a failure.

ANCSA divided the State of Alaska into regions whose boundaries were naturally formed to respect and represent the indigenous people’s heritage. Alaska Natives alive on December 18, 1971 were given 100 shares in one village corporation and one regional corporation based on their geographical and cultural ties. Native corporation stock is inalienable; it cannot be bought, sold, or traded. Shareholders are bound to their Native corporations’ successes or failures.

At the time of the establishment of the 13 regional corporations and over 200 village corporations, $962.5 million in compensation and 44 million acres of land- a fraction of their traditional land claim- were shared with Alaska Natives. Over the last 35 years, the Native corporations have become a component of Alaska Natives’ indigenous identity; they are part of their history, culture, and their children’s future.

For more information please visit www.ancsa.net

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