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Josiah Patkotak
American politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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).
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