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Alaska Native corporations


  • Here are entered works on regional and village for-profit corporations that promote the social, cultural, and economic advancement of Alaska Native people, and are recognized as Indian tribes.
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    • ANCs (Alaska Native corporations)
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    • found: Work cat.: U.S. Cong. House. Comm. on Government Reform. Northern lights and procurement ... 2006:p. 1 (Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs)) p. 2 (est'd under Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [ANCSA] in 1971 to become the vehicle for distributing land and monetary benefits in lieu of a reservation system)
    • found: Contract management [ER] : increased Use of Alaska Native corporations ... 2006:p. 1 (Alaska Native corporations (ANC) were created to settle land claims with Alaska Natives and foster economic development) p. 9 (ANCSA created 12 regional ANCs plus a 13th, there are currently also 182 village, urban, and group corporations)
    • found: Work cat: Tribal sovereignty in Alaska. 2021.(DLC)2021041372
    • found: Supreme Court of the United States, pdf of opinion viewed online, Aug. 26, 2021(Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, 594 U.S. ___ (2021), "Held: ANCs are "Indian tribe[s]")
    • found: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, viewed Aug. 26, 2021sec. 1606 (the regional corporations are established as for-profit corporations under the laws of the state of Alaska)
    • found: ANCSA Regional Association (consists of presidents/CEOs of the 12 regional Alaska Native Corporations), website viewed Aug. 26, 2021("socially responsible, for-profit corporations tasked with promoting the social, cultural, and economic advancement of their Alaska Native people"; press release from June 25, 2021 "ANCSA Regional Association (ARA) and Alaska Native Village Corporation Association (ANVCA) issued the following statement, reacting to the Supreme Court of the United States' decision holding Alaska Native regional and village corporations should be recognized under the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act's (ISDA) definition of tribes in Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation"
  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on regional and village for-profit corporations that promote the social, cultural, and economic advancement of Alaska Native people, and are recognized as Indian tribes.
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  • Change Notes

    • 2007-01-30: new
    • 2021-12-20: revised
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