The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), signed into law Dec. 18, 1971, settled Alaska Native peoples’ aboriginal land claims and distributed 44 million acres of land and nearly $1…Read More
Every Alaska Native person with a living memory of the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) has a story to tell. Some remember gathering their birth certificate…Read More
The 50th anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) is fast approaching! On Dec. 18, 1971, ANCSA become the largest land claims settlement in U.S. history and the…Read More