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Entities Operating in the Twelve Regions To understand the complex landscape of Alaska Native representation, it is important to learn the differences between Alaska Native corporations, Alaska Native regional non-profit organizations, and tribes. Tribes located in Alaska do not have a land base (e.g. reservations). Through ANCSA, Alaska Native corporations hold title to roughly 44 […]
Sep 6, 2022 · Sep 6, 2022 Alaska Native, Magazine. All twelve Alaska Native regional corporations marked their 50th birthdays, six months after they celebrated the anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act that authorized them. The past half-century has seen all twelve—and a few village corporations—grow into the largest Alaskan-owned ...
The regional and village corporations are now owned by Alaska Native people through privately owned shares of corporation stock. Alaska Natives alive at ANCSA's enactment on December 17, 1971, who enrolled in a Native association (at the regional and/or village level) received 100 shares of stock in the respective corporation.
Village CorporationCommunityRegional CorporationAfognak Native CorporationKoniag, IncorporatedAfognak Native CorporationKoniag, IncorporatedAkhiok-Kaguyak, Inc.Koniag, IncorporatedAkhiok-Kaguyak, Inc.KaguyakKoniag, IncorporatedThe passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) in 1971 added an additional layer of land ownership across Alaska. Additionally, in 1998 the federal government officially recognized over 200 Indian tribes in Alaska (entirely separate entities from Alaska Native corporations), which opened the doors for a government-to-government relationships between those tribes and the federal ...
Jul 28, 2021 · The legislation created 13 Alaska Native regional corporations and more than 150 village corporations, which were to oversee 44 million acres of land divided on traditional cultural lines ...
Jul 20, 2021 · in the state. In exchange, Congress transferred 44 million acres of Alaska land and $962.5 million to the two types of ANCs established in the statute—Alaska Native Regional Corporations (of which there are now 12 out of an original 13) and Alaska Native Village Corporations (of which there are almost 200). Congressional Research Service
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By Kathryn Mackenzie. Since they were established as corporations in the early 1970s, the twelve Alaska Native Regional corporations have worked tirelessly to uplift their respective regions, their shareholders, and the state’s economy as a whole. All together they reported more than $10.5 billion in revenue last year—revenue that creates ...