The mission of the Iñupiat Heritage Center is to serve the people of the North Slope Borough as dynamic repositories and conveyors of traditional cultural knowledge, values and skills by collecting, holding, recording, preserving, documenting, displaying and interpreting artifacts and other associated materials relating to the history, language and culture of the North Slope Inupiat. 
Drawing upon this reservoir of knowledge, the Iñupiat Heritage Center assumes an active and supportive role in both local and Borough-wide cultural awareness, enrichment and educational programs by working in close cooperation with community leaders, village elders, the North Slope Borough Inupiat History, Language and Culture Commission, the North Slope Borough School District and Ilisagvik College to research and develop historical and cultural material for classroom use.  Quyanaqpak!!!(Thank You)