The Role of Alaska Native Corporations in the Development of Alaska

1983 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 555-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Anders
Keyword(s):  
Alaska Native ◽  
Alaska Native Corporations

The ANCSA Amendments of 1987 and land management in Alaska

Polar Record ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 25 (155) ◽  
pp. 315-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas E. Flanders
Keyword(s):  
Alaska Native ◽  
Alaska Natives ◽  
Subsistence Economy ◽  
Subsistence Hunting ◽  
Property Taxation ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Alaska Native Corporations ◽  
Land Bank ◽  
Hunting And Fishing ◽  
Significant Factors

AbstractThe original Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, passed in 1971, gave Alaska Native corporations fee simple title to 18 million hectares of Alaskan land. Within a few years of its passage, however, Alaska Natives grew concerned that this land would be lost through mismanagement of the corporations or forced into development by property taxation. Because large numbers of Alaska Natives depend upon subsistence hunting and fishing, the loss of the land, or its use for activities incompatible with subsistence, could have been devastating. Amendments of 1987 (PL 100–241) protect Native corporation land by placing all undeveloped land in a land bank and allowing for the formation of ‘Settlement Trusts“. More importantly, Congress recognized that the Native subsistence economy and culture are significant factors in the management of Native lands.

Alaska's Conflicting Objectives

Daedalus ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 147 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-48
Author(s):  
Rosita Kaaháni Worl ◽  
Heather Kendall-Miller
Keyword(s):  
Alaska Native ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
The United States ◽  
Alaska Natives ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Land Claims ◽  
Conflicting Objectives ◽  
Alaska Native Corporations ◽  
Tribal Land

The formal treaty-making period between the U.S. government and Native peoples ended in 1871, only four years after the United States purchased Alaska from Russia. As a result, Alaska Natives did not enter into treaties that recognized their political authority or land rights. Nor, following the end of the treaty-making period, were Alaska Natives granted the same land rights as federally recognized tribes in the lower forty-eight states. Rather, Congress created the Alaska Native Corporations as the management vehicle for conveyed lands in 1971. The unique legal status of these corporations has raised many questions about tribal land ownership and governance for future generations of Alaska Natives. Although Congress created the Native Corporations in its eagerness to settle land claims and assimilate Alaska Natives, Alaska Native cultures and governance structures persisted and evolved, and today many are reasserting the inherent authority of sovereign governments.

“Incorporating” American Colonialism: Accounting and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven W. Thornburg ◽  
Robin W. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Alaska Native ◽  
The United States ◽  
Corporate America ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Land Claims ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Alaska Native Corporations ◽  
Native Alaskans ◽  
History Of ◽  
The U.S

ABSTRACT The history of Alaska is a colonial history (Pomeroy 1947; Haycox 2002). The purpose of this paper is to examine how the corporate form of organization and corporate accounting were used by the United States (U.S.) government to rationalize decisions, exercise control, and exploit Alaskan resources to benefit corporate America and the existing U.S. states. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) established Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs), whose stock was distributed to qualifying Alaska Natives in exchange for their agreement to extinguish all aboriginal land claims. Guided by prior work in accounting and postmodern colonialism, our analysis uncovers ways in which ANCSA, though lauded by the U.S. government as an innovative and generous settlement, perpetuated a historical pattern of indigenous exploitation by western economic interests, and employed corporate accounting policies and techniques to further the interests of the U.S. government and large corporations at the expense of Native Alaskans.

Determinants of Racial Misclassification in COVID-19 Mortality Data: The Role of Funeral Directors and Social Context

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-36
Author(s):  
Andrew Kalweit ◽  
Marc Clark ◽  
Jamie Ishcomer-Aazami
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Alaska Natives ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Death Certificates ◽  
Funeral Directors ◽  
The Social

Death certificates are a crucial tool in public health, yet American Indians and Alaska Natives have long been misclassified after death, most often as white. During the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid provisional death counts have used data from death certificates to identify outbreaks and allocate resources. This paper interrogates common practices of funeral directors—who complete the demographic portion of the death certificate—as well as the social context in which they operate. The paper then reviews how these determinants of American Indian and Alaska Native misclassification may have changed during the pandemic and discusses implications for the quality of COVID-19 mortality data and opportunities for improvement.

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