This Day in Alaska History-December 21st, 1909
EPA awards four Alaska Native organizations $6.7M to assess, clean up legacy contamination
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 […]
This Day in Alaskan History-May 9th, 1907
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State Appeals Lands into Trust Decision
(Anchorage, AK) – Friday the State appealed U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason’s decision upholding a federal agency’s authority to take lands into trust in Alaska. “ANCSA eliminated the reservation system in Alaska and left no authority for the federal agency to recreate that system on its own more than 50 years later,” Alaska Attorney General Taylor […]