Why Alaska Natives like me oppose the landless bill
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The 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) has never addressed Native claims. ANCSA is an industrial-rooted tool of Congress, created to exterminate Indigenous land use and streamline the liquidation of “natural resources” in our...
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Why Alaska Natives like me oppose the landless bill - Alaska Native News

The 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) has never addressed Native claims. ANCSA is an industrial-rooted tool of Congress, created to exterminate Indigenous land use and streamline the liquidation of “natural resources” in our ancient ancestral homelands. The word “Native” in the law is a misnomer. In December, Lisa Murkowski’s “Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native […]

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Alaska Congressional Delegation introduces legislation to settle Cape Fox’s land entitlement
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Bills will help Cape Fox realize economic benefits promised under ANCSA

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK), and Representative Mary Peltola...
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Alaska Congressional Delegation introduces legislation to settle Cape Fox’s land entitlement - Alaska Native News

Bills will help Cape Fox realize economic benefits promised under ANCSA Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK), and Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK), introduced legislation to settle Cape Fox’s remaining land entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). The measure has the support of a wide coalition of communities in […]

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This Day in Alaska History-December 18th, 1971
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This Day in Alaska History-December 18th, 1971

This Day in Alaska History-December 18th, 1971

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EPA Announces $150 Million to Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Alaska Native Villages
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SEATTLE — Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced approximately $2 billion in funding available to support...
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EPA Announces $150 Million to Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants for Alaska Native Villages - Alaska Native News

SEATTLE — Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced approximately $2 billion in funding available to support community-driven projects that deploy clean energy, strengthen climate resilience, and build capacity for communities to tackle environmental and climate justice challenges. An estimated $150 million of this funding has been dedicated to fund projects benefitting federally recognized Tribes in […]

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Murkowski Welcomes Initial Grants to Assess and Clean Up Legacy Contamination on ANCSA Conveyed Lands
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U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) welcomed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that three Alaska Native Corporations have been selected to...
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Murkowski Welcomes Initial Grants to Assess and Clean Up Legacy Contamination on ANCSA Conveyed Lands - Alaska Native News

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) welcomed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that three Alaska Native Corporations have been selected to receive $2.5 million in federal funding to assess and clean up legacy contamination on lands conveyed under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. “It is a stain on the federal government that contaminated lands […]

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EPA selects three Alaska Native corporations for $2.5 million to assess and clean up legacy contamination on ANCSA conveyed lands
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SEATTLE – Friday the U.S. EPA announced that three Alaska Native Corporations were selected to receive $2.5 million in grant...
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EPA selects three Alaska Native corporations for $2.5 million to assess and clean up legacy contamination on ANCSA conveyed lands - Alaska Native News

SEATTLE – Friday the U.S. EPA announced that three Alaska Native Corporations were selected to receive $2.5 million in grant funding to assess and clean up legacy contamination on lands conveyed through the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. This funding, championed by Senator Lisa Murkowski, is the first funding awarded from the $20 million […]

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Murkowski, Sullivan Introduce Legislation to Sunset the Municipal Lands Reconveyance Requirement for Village Corporations under ANCSA
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Allows Village Corporations to have Lands Restored for the Needs of Shareholders and Residents

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Murkowski, Sullivan Introduce Legislation to Sunset the Municipal Lands Reconveyance Requirement for Village Corporations under ANCSA - Alaska Native News

Allows Village Corporations to have Lands Restored for the Needs of Shareholders and Residents U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, introduced legislation to sunset the requirement for village corporations to reconvey lands for municipal uses under Section 14 (c) (3) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). ANCSA did not set […]

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Tlingit & Haida Files Amicus Brief in Wild Fish Conservancy Lawsuit on Behalf of 21 Southeast Alaska Tribes and ANCSA Corporations
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JUNEAU, AK (June 16, 2023) – The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) and 21 other...
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Tlingit & Haida Files Amicus Brief in Wild Fish Conservancy Lawsuit on Behalf of 21 Southeast Alaska Tribes and ANCSA Corporations - Alaska Native News

JUNEAU, AK (June 16, 2023) – The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) and 21 other Southeast Alaska Tribes and Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) corporations (Tribal Amici) filed an amicus brief today in the Wild Fish Conservancy vs. Jennifer Quan, et al case.  The amicus brief […]

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State Seeks Clarity on Federal Opinions Addressing the Placement of Native Lands into Trust after ANCSA
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(Anchorage, AK) – With five different opinions issued by three different Solicitors of Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior over the past several...
https://alaska-native-news.com/state-seeks-clarity-on-federal-opinions-addressing-the-placement-of-native-lands-into-trust-after-ancsa/65795/
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State Seeks Clarity on Federal Opinions Addressing the Placement of Native Lands into Trust after ANCSA - Alaska Native News

(Anchorage, AK) – With five different opinions issued by three different Solicitors of Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior over the past several years, confusion exists over whether the 51-year-old Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) extinguished the federal government’s ability to take lands into trust in Alaska. The State filed a lawsuit […]

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State Seeks Clarity on Federal Opinions Addressing the Placement of Native Lands into Trust after ANCSA
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(Anchorage, AK) – With five different opinions issued by three different Solicitors of Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior over the past several...
https://alaska-native-news.com/state-seeks-clarity-on-federal-opinions-addressing-the-placement-of-native-lands-into-trust-after-ancsa/65795/
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State Seeks Clarity on Federal Opinions Addressing the Placement of Native Lands into Trust after ANCSA - Alaska Native News

(Anchorage, AK) – With five different opinions issued by three different Solicitors of Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior over the past several years, confusion exists over whether the 51-year-old Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) extinguished the federal government’s ability to take lands into trust in Alaska. The State filed a lawsuit […]

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