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Passed in 1971, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) extinguished Native land claims to almost all of Alaska in exchange for about one-ninth of the state's land plus $962.5 million in compensation. By conveying Native land title to 12 regional and 200 local village corporations chartered under Alaska state law, ANCSA changed the relationship between Natives and the land from one of co-ownership of shared lands to one of corporate shareholding; i.e., land ownership was based on a corporate model, and governmental entities, including traditional or IRA "tribal" governments, were bypassed.
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Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA):
43 USC Sec. 1601
- ANCSA Discussion Group: Email discussion list devoted to discussing all aspects of ANCSA. Access to the full archives are available to list members (a password is required).
- Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: Background information on ANCSA and resources for incorporating ANCSA in the school curriculum; from the Alaska Native Knowledge Network.
- Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Resource Center: Extensive resource listings on ANCSA from Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP.
- "Alaska Natives and the Land Claims Settlement Act of 1971" by Norman Chance. University of Connecticut, Arctic Circle, 1990 [updated ca. 1999].
- "Corporate Strategies Corporate Strategies and Village Values: Arctic Alaska and the Aftermath of the Native Land Claims Settlement of 1971": University of Connecticut, Arctic Circle, 1990.
- Revisiting the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: A wealth of resource on ANCSA from the Alaska Native Studies Curriculum and Teacher Development site, including newspaper articles from the period when ANCSA was being written; articles, editorials, and studies about ANCSA, the 1991 amendments to ANCSA, and ANCSA's effects; curriculum materials for teaching about ANCSA; and historical references and Internet resources.
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