By Libby Roderick
ISBN-10: 1602230919
ISBN-13: 9781602230910
Making up greater than ten percentage of Alaska's inhabitants, local Alaskans are the state's greatest minority crew. but so much non-Native Alaskans recognize unusually little in regards to the histories and cultures in their indigenous associates, or in regards to the vital matters they face. This concise e-book compiles commonly asked questions and offers informative and available responses that make clear a few universal misconceptions. With responses composed by way of students in the represented groups and reviewed by way of a panel of specialists, this easy-to-read compendium goals to facilitate a deeper exploration and richer dialogue of the complicated and compelling matters which are a part of Alaska local existence this present day. (20110301)
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ANCSA corporations declare dividends only in years when they make profits, and not all of them are profitable in any given year. Shareholders of the profitable corporations receive dividends; those of less profitable corporations may not. Only a few corporations make sizeable profits, so only a minority of shareholders receive significant dividends. And in most cases, only people born on or before December 18, 1971, are �shareholders. As UAA anthropology professor Dr. Phyllis Fast notes: ANCSA has had a tremendous and ongoing impact on Alaska Native identity with its cutoff date of birth (December 18, 1971) for inclusion into its provisions.
Jones, Richard S. “Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (Public Law 92-203): History and Analysis Together with Subsequent Amendments,” Report No. 81-127 GOV, June 1, 1981. org/projects/ANCSA/reports/rsjones1981/ANCSA_History71. htm#Introduction\ 6. Fast, Phyllis. “Alaska Native Language, Culture and Identity,” 2008. 7. Alaska Native Heritage Center, Alaska Native Cultural Workshop Series packet, 2007. 24 David Freeman Entrance to Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) building, Anchorage, Alaska.
In effect, the much more powerful conservationist lobby won twice the land for its purposes than Alaska Native peoples did in our own land claims settlement. This fact comes to mind when conservationists criticize what Native corporations do 42 to try to provide economic benefits for their shareholders on the lands left to them, many of which are set aside for subsistence purposes. Indeed, over the decade following the passage of ANCSA, conservationist organizations went on a “shopping spree” for additional lands, visiting many parts of Alaska normally considered home only by Alaska Native peoples.
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