Community members bow their heads for a prayer during a "singspiration" community event at the village community center in Kaktovik, Alaska, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Kitty Ahvakana, right, takes a smoke break with other villagers during a "singspiration" gathering on the porch of the community center in Kaktovik, Alaska, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

George Kaleak, center in grey, whaling captain and deputy advisor to the North Slope Borough mayor, plays guitar during a "singspiration" community event to honor his late mother at the village community center in Kaktovik, Alaska, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Prices of Halloween products are displayed on a counter of the Kaktovik Kikiktak Store in Kaktovik, Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Chloe Gordon, 9, looks at her mother, Amanda Toorak, left, as they shop for packaged goods at Sims Store, one of two small stores in the village in Kaktovik, Alaska, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Wind blows snow along the surface of the village cemetery looking towards the Kaktovik Lagoon and the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in Kaktovik, Alaska, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

A neighborhood dog approaches a villager walking past the Kaktovik Native Village office in Kaktovik, Alaska, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

The sun rises over a bicycle covered in snow at the edge of the village in Kaktovik, Alaska, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)