Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

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The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act is a landmark 1971 U.S. federal law that resolved aboriginal land claims in Alaska by creating Native-owned corporations and transferring land and monetary compensation to Alaska Native peoples.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law
land claims settlement
administeredBy Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
surface form: Bureau of Land Management

United States Department of the Interior
appliesToTerritory Alaska
beneficiary Alaska Native regional corporations
surface form: Alaska Native regional groups

Alaska Native villages
Alaska Natives
containsProvision conveyance of subsurface estate to regional corporations
conveyance of surface estate to village corporations
restrictions on alienation of Native corporation shares
shareholder enrollment of eligible Alaska Natives
country United States of America
surface form: United States
creates Alaska Native regional corporations
Alaska Native village corporations
dateEnacted 1971-12-18
establishesMechanism Native-owned for-profit corporations
extinguishes aboriginal hunting and fishing claims in Alaska
aboriginal land title in Alaska
governanceModel corporate ownership of Native lands
historicalSignificance largest land claims settlement in U.S. history at time of enactment
influencedBy Alaska oil development
construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
jurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
landConveyed approximately 44 million acres
legislativeBody United States Congress
monetaryCompensation $962.5 million
numberOfRegionalCorporations 12
numberOfRegionalCorporationsWithLaterAddition 13
numberOfVillageCorporations over 200
policyShift from trusteeship model to corporate ownership model for Alaska Natives
presidentDuringEnactment Richard Nixon
primaryPurpose extinguish aboriginal title in Alaska
provide land and monetary compensation to Alaska Natives
settle aboriginal land claims in Alaska
publicLawNumber Public Law 92-203
region Arctic region
surface form: Arctic

Subarctic
relatedTo Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Alaska Statehood Act
replaces reservation system for most Alaska Natives
shortName Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act self-linksurface differs
surface form: ANCSA
signedBy Richard Nixon
statutesAtLargeCitation 85 Stat. 688
subjectMatter Native American law
indigenous land rights
natural resources
yearEnacted 1971

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Alaska Natives legalFramework Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Alaska Natives historicalEvent Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
this entity surface form: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971
92nd United States Congress passed Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act relatedTo Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Alaska Native villages legalFramework Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Koniag, Inc. legalBasis Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Koniag, Inc. foundedAsResultOf Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
this entity surface form: Alaska Native land claims settlement
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shortName Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ANCSA
Sealaska Corporation legalBasis Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Calista Corporation legalBasis Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Calista Corporation foundedUnder Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
this entity surface form: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation foundedUnder Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Alaska Native regional corporations legalBasis Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Alaska Native regional corporations establishedUnder Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Alaska Native regional corporations relatedTo Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
this entity surface form: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act land settlement