Josiah Patkotak

Josiah Aullaqsruaq Patkotak (born March 22, 1994) (last name pronounced Patkutaq in Iñupiaq) is an Iñupiaq politician from Alaska. He represented District 40 as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023.^[1] Patkotak defeated another Iñupiaq candidate, Elizabeth Niiqsik Ferguson (D), for the seat by a margin of 200 votes following the retirement of John Lincoln.^[2]

Josiah Patkotak
Aullaqsruaq
Patkotak in 2024
Mayor of North Slope Borough
Incumbent
Assumed office October 10, 2023
Preceded by	Harry Brower
Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives
Acting February 4, 2021 – February 11, 2021
Preceded by	Bryce Edgmon
Succeeded by	Louise Stutes
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 40th district
In office January 11, 2021 – October 10, 2023
Preceded by	John Lincoln
Succeeded by	Thomas Baker
Personal details
Born	(1994-03-22) March 22, 1994 (age 31) Barrow, Alaska, U.S.
Political party	Independent

Patkotak resigned from the Alaska House in October 2023 after being elected as mayor of North Slope Borough.^[3]

Patkotak is registered as an independent politician.^[4] He played the lead role in Andrew Okpeaha MacLean's On the Ice (2011).