The Alaska Native Regional Corporations (Alaska Native Corporations or ANCSA Corporations) were established in 1971 when the United States Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) which settled land and financial claims made by the Alaska Natives and provided for the establishment of 13 regional corporations to administer those claims. Jump to: navigation, search 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was signed into law on December 18, 1971, and the largest land claims settlement in United States history was concluded. ... Aboriginal land claims are statements by Native or Aboriginal peoples about the ownership of land before the arrival of settlers, primarily Europeans. ... Alaska Natives are indigenous peoples who live in what is now the U.S. state of Alaska. ...

Associations, regional and village corporations

The state was divided into 12 regions, each represented by a "Native association". The twelve Native associations are represented by 12 for-profit regional corporations and a 13th region represents those Natives who are no longer residents of Alaska. Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Senators Ted Stevens (R) Lisa Murkowski (R) Official languages English Area 663,267 mi² / 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 571,951...

The regional corporations are owned by the Native peoples through stocks. 100 shares of stock in each regional corporation is granted to each native who lives in the region.

Alaska Native Village Corporations are the corporate structures whcih represent the Native governments of each tribal entity within the state, and it is these Native Villages which the regional corporations recognize for purposes of measuring population and stewarding land and resources at a local level.

Text of the Act

The Act lays out the specifics of the corporations' status. Here is an excerpt of the relevant portion:

43 U.S.C. § 1606

(a) Division of Alaska into twelve geographic regions; common heritage and common interest of region; area of region commensurate with operations of Native association; boundary disputes, arbitration. For purposes of this chapter, the State of Alaska shall be divided by the Secretary within one year after December 18, 1971, into twelve geographic regions, with each region composed as far as practicable of Natives having a common heritage and sharing common interests. In the absence of good cause shown to the contrary, such regions shall approximate the areas covered by the operations of the following existing Native associations:

(1) Arctic Slope Native Association (Barrow, Point Hope);

(2) Bering Straits Association (Seward Peninsula, Unalakleet, Saint Lawrence Island);

(3) Northwest Alaska Native Association (Kotzebue);

(4) Association of Village Council Presidents (southwest coast, all villages in the Bethel area, including all villages on the Lower Yukon River and the Lower Kuskokwim River);

(5) Tanana Chiefs' Conference (Koyukuk, Middle and Upper Yukon Rivers, Upper Kuskokwim, Tanana River);

(6) Cook Inlet Association (Kenai, Tyonek, Eklutna, Iliamna);

(7) Bristol Bay Native Association (Dillingham, Upper Alaska Peninsula);

(8) Aleut League (Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands and that part of the Alaska Peninsula which is in the Aleut League);

(9) Chugach Native Association (Cordova, Tatitlek, Port Graham, English Bay, Valdez, and Seward);

(10) Tlingit-Haida Central Council (southeastern Alaska, including Metlakatla);

(11) Kodiak Area Native Association (all villages on and around Kodiak Island); and

(12) Copper River Native Association (Copper Center, Glennallen, Chitina, Mentasta).

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(c) Establishment of thirteenth region for nonresident Natives; majority vote; Regional Corporation for thirteenth region. [...]

(d) Incorporation; business for profit; eligibility for benefits; provisions in articles for carrying out chapter. Five incorporators within each region, named by the Native association in the region, shall incorporate under the laws of Alaska a Regional Corporation to conduct business for profit, which shall be eligible for the benefits of this chapter so long as it is organized and functions in accordance with this chapter. The articles of incorporation shall include provisions necessary to carry out the terms of this chapter.

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External links

• The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Resource Center run by Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP.
• Alaska Natives & American Indians resources from the Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage.
• www.ancsa.net a portal dedicated to ANCSA run by Karabelnikoff & Associates

The University of Alaska Anchorage is the largest member of the University of Alaska System, with over 20,000 students (14,000 of which attend classes at the campus in Anchorage proper). ...

The corporations

• Ahtna Incorporated - Official site
• Aleut Corporation - Official site
• Arctic Slope Regional Corporation - Official site
• Bering Straits Native Corporation - Official site
• Bristol Bay Native Corporation - Official site
• Calista Corporation - Official site
• Chugach Alaska Corporation - Official site
• Cook Inlet Region, Inc. - Official site
• Doyon, Limited - Official site
• Koniag, Incorporated - Official site
• NANA (NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.) - Official site
• Sealaska Corporation - Official site
• The 13th Regional Corporation - Official site