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The Norton Sound is an inlet of the Bering Sea in western Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula. It is about 240 km (150 miles) long and 200 km (125 miles) wide. The Yukon River flows into Norton Sound on it southeast side. The Bering (or Imarpik) Sea is a body of water above, and separted from, the north Pacific Ocean Ocean by the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands. ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Senators Ted Stevens (R) Lisa Murkowski (R) Official language(s) English Area 663,267 mi² / 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 571,951 mi² / 1,481... The Seward Peninsula is a large peninsula in western Alaska. ... Map of the Yukon River watershed The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. ...


Norton Sound is ice-free from May to October.

Location of Unalakleet, Alaska

The Norton Sound area has been home to Yupik and Inupiat for many centuries. It is the boudary between the two peoples; the Inupiat live north of the Norton Sound and the Yupik live south of it. The Alaskan town of Nome is at the edge of Norton Sound. The villages of Elim, Golovin, Stebbins, White Mountain and Unalakleet are on the shores of Norton Sound. The Iditarod race runs, in part, along its eastern and northern shores. Image File history File links AKMap-doton-Unalakleet. ... The Yupik or, in the Central Alaskan language, Yupik, are indigenous or aboriginal peoples who live along the coast of western Alaska, especially on the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta and along the Kuskokwim River (Central Alaskan Yupik), in southern Alaska (the Alutiiq) and in the Russian Far East and St. ... The Inupiat or Iñupiaq are the Inuit people of Alaskas Northwest Arctic and North Slope boroughs and the Bering Straits region. ... Nome is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska. ... Elim is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska. ... Golovin is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska. ... Stebbins is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska. ... White Mountain is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska. ... Unalakleet is a city located in Nome Census Area, Alaska. ... The original 1925 train route to Nenana is in gray, and the southern route of the modern race is in red (part of the National Historic Iditarod Trail. ...


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We find that on the evidence presented, Norton Sound raised triable issues with regard to (1) whether its claim in 1999 was conditioned on specific congressional appropriations to the ISD fund; and (2) whether the IHS in fact allocated part of the increased lump-sum appropriation to the ISD fund in 1999.
Norton Sound first contends that its right to receive the settlement amount of $349,612 was not contingent on Congress's appropriation of funds to the ISD Fund.
Norton Sound maintains that Blackhawk "demonstrates that where there is a shortfall in an objective for which the agency has an obligation, the agency has a duty to shift, or reprogram funds from other objectives within a lump-sum appropriation to remedy that shortfall." Appellant's Br.
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