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State Seeks Clarity on Federal Opinions Addressing the Placement of Native Lands into Trust after ANCSA

By Patty Sullivan | State Department of Law on Jan 18, 2023   Featured, State  

State Seeks Clarity on Federal Opinions Addressing the Placement of Native Lands into Trust after ANCSA

(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 […]

This Day in Alaska History-December 18th, 1971

By Alaska Native News on Dec 18, 2022   Featured, This Day in Alaskan History  

This Day in Alaska History-December 18th, 1971

State Calls Out Federal Government’s Failure to Follow Congressional Directives on Contaminated ANCSA Lands

By Alaska Department of Law on Dec 1, 2022   Featured, State  

State Calls Out Federal Government’s Failure to Follow Congressional Directives on Contaminated ANCSA Lands

(Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska continues to hold the federal government accountable for failing to clean up contaminated lands transferred to Alaska Natives as part of the 1971 Alaska Claims Settlement Act. On Nov. 23, the State filed an amended complaint (207KB PDF) with U.S. District Court in Alaska after the federal defendants misconstrued congressional directives […]

December 18th-50th Anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

By Office of Governor Mike Dunleavy on Dec 20, 2021   Featured, State  

December 18th-50th Anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

WHEREAS, the United States of America and the State of Alaska had a duty to resolve the land claims of the Alaska Native peoples, and the settlement of those claims was integral to the future of Alaska and the country. The discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay in 1968 created a sense of urgency in […]

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