Interior Department opens additional 812,000 acres to selection by Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans

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Interior Department opens additional 812,000 acres to selection by Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland Monday announced a Public Land Order opening about 812,000 additional acres of public lands managed by BLM Alaska to selection by eligible Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans under Sec. 1119 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act of 2019.   The Alaska Native Vietnam-era Veterans […]

Representative Peltola and Representative Stauber introduce House version of Landless Legislation to End 50 Years of Unfulfilled Promises

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Representative Peltola and Representative Stauber introduce House version of Landless Legislation to End 50 Years of Unfulfilled Promises

Washington, D.C. – Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) and Representative Pete Stauber (R-Minnesota), last week, issued statements on H.R. 4748, legislation that would allow the Alaska Native communities of Haines, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, and Tenakee to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA). The bill, entitled […]

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