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1971

institutional legislation

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

Alaska, AK · On map

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

Congress enacted ANCSA after decades of Alaska Native land-rights organizing, settling aboriginal title claims while creating Native corporations that reshaped Indigenous land ownership, resource control, and political power in Alaska.

Indigenous Land & treaties

Primary sources & references

Links, uploads, and classroom context notes.