[content id=”79272″] Bill allows for new Native Corporations for 5 Landless Communities in Southeast Alaska Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Representative Nick Begich, all R-Alaska, Wednesday issued statements on the reintroduction of legislation that would allow the Alaska Native communities of Haines, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, and Tenakee to form […]
ANCHORAGE – Thursday the U.S. EPA announced that four Alaska Native organizations were awarded $6.7 million in grant funding to assess and clean up legacy contamination on lands conveyed through the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. “We’re proud to help Alaska Native communities get the support and resources needed to clean up the legacy […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) introduced H.R. 2815, the Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025, legislation that would resolve long-standing issues under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and support critical infrastructure and economic development in Southeast Alaska. The bill authorizes the conveyance of approximately 180.3 acres of federal land […]