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- Title
THE ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT: A FLAWED VICTORY.
- Authors
LAZARUS JR., ARTHUR; WEST JR., W. RICHARD
- Abstract
The article reveals how the rapid increase of economic development in Alaska finally led to the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971, a century after the U.S. Congress nominally approved the natives' claims for aboriginal title to the state's 375 million acres of land. It says that the Claims Act is a historical benchmark in U.S. history because it provides more economic returns while leaving more land in native ownership than in any other settlement that extinguishes aboriginal claims in the U.S. It adds that the Act rejects the traditional federal-Indian relationship because it will be administered through corporations organized under state law and defines the precise method of allocating native funds and income from native property.
- Subjects
ALASKA; UNITED States; LEGAL status of Native Americans; ALASKA Natives; GOVERNMENT relations with Native Americans; LAND titles; UNITED States. Congress
- Publication
Law & Contemporary Problems, 1976, Vol 40, Issue 1, p132
- ISSN
0023-9186
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1191334