Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

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The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act is a landmark 1971 U.S. federal law that resolved aboriginal land claims in Alaska by creating Native-owned corporations and transferring land and monetary compensation to Alaska Native peoples.

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instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
land claims settlement ⓘ
administeredBy Bureau of Indian Affairs ⓘ
Bureau of Land Management ⓘ
United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Alaska ⓘ
beneficiary Alaska Native regional groups ⓘ
Alaska Native villages ⓘ
Alaska Natives ⓘ
containsProvision conveyance of subsurface estate to regional corporations ⓘ
conveyance of surface estate to village corporations ⓘ
restrictions on alienation of Native corporation shares ⓘ
shareholder enrollment of eligible Alaska Natives ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creates Alaska Native regional corporations ⓘ
Alaska Native village corporations ⓘ
dateEnacted 1971-12-18 ⓘ
establishesMechanism Native-owned for-profit corporations ⓘ
extinguishes aboriginal hunting and fishing claims in Alaska ⓘ
aboriginal land title in Alaska ⓘ
governanceModel corporate ownership of Native lands ⓘ
historicalSignificance largest land claims settlement in U.S. history at time of enactment ⓘ
influencedBy Alaska oil development ⓘ
construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
landConveyed approximately 44 million acres ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
monetaryCompensation $962.5 million ⓘ
numberOfRegionalCorporations 12 ⓘ
numberOfRegionalCorporationsWithLaterAddition 13 ⓘ
numberOfVillageCorporations over 200 ⓘ
policyShift from trusteeship model to corporate ownership model for Alaska Natives ⓘ
presidentDuringEnactment Richard Nixon ⓘ
primaryPurpose extinguish aboriginal title in Alaska ⓘ
provide land and monetary compensation to Alaska Natives ⓘ
settle aboriginal land claims in Alaska ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 92-203 ⓘ
region Arctic ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

Subarctic ⓘ
relatedTo Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ⓘ
Alaska Statehood Act ⓘ
replaces reservation system for most Alaska Natives ⓘ
shortName ANCSA ⓘ
signedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 85 Stat. 688 ⓘ
subjectMatter Native American law ⓘ
indigenous land rights ⓘ
natural resources ⓘ
yearEnacted 1971 ⓘ

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Alaska Natives → legalFramework → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ
Alaska Natives → historicalEvent → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
92nd United States Congress → passed → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act → relatedTo → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ
Alaska Native villages → legalFramework → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ
Koniag, Inc. → legalBasis → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ
Koniag, Inc. → foundedAsResultOf → Alaska Native land claims settlement ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act → shortName → ANCSA ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Sealaska Corporation → legalBasis → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ
Calista Corporation → legalBasis → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ
Calista Corporation → foundedUnder → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation → foundedUnder → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ
Alaska Native regional corporations → legalBasis → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ
Alaska Native regional corporations → establishedUnder → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ
Alaska Native regional corporations → relatedTo → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act land settlement ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v. United States → precedes → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
ANILCA → relatedTo → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ
Public Law 96-487 → relatedTo → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ
Qanirtuuq, Inc. → legalBasis → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ
Cupʼik people → governedUnder → Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ⓘ
Howard Rock → movement → Alaska Native land claims movement ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Howard Rock → advocatedFor → Alaska Native land claims ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act