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	A Primer on Alaska Native Sovereignty, by Douglas K. Mertz
		Natives are a majority in approximately 176 villages and small cities and are a substantial part of the population in over 200 communities.
		Finally, a third panel of the Ninth Circuit held that IRA organization and ANCSA Native village status were merely factors to be considered regarding federal jurisdiction, but that as to tribal status in general, the courts must examine the factual circumstances to determine whether a modern Native group is the successor to an historical tribe.
		Native Village of Venetie, the Superior Court ruled that the village council was an IRA organization and as such the question of tribal status and tribal sovereign immunity should be decided by the tribal court.
	www.alaska.net /~dkmertz/natlaw.htm (5566 words)

	Alaska Natives Commission - Demographic & Geographic
		Alaska's southeastern panhandle is the traditional territory of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Indian tribes.
		Natives constitute 70 percent of the population of these villages (and their surrounding areas) which stretch the length of the panhandle from Yakutat in the north to Metlakatla in the south.
		Alaska Natives resident in this portion of maritime village Alaska live in seven Aleutian villages ranging from Sand Point on the Alaska Peninsula to Atka in the west, and St. Paul and St. George on the Pribilofs.
	www.alaskool.org /resources/anc/anc07.htm (2727 words)

	Alaska Native Peoples Natives Indians Eskimos
		Alaska Natives have varied cultures and have adapted to harsh enviroments for thousands of years.
		Native Alaskans are divided into three broad groups: the Aleuts, the Inuit, and the many different Indian tribes.
		The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 officially ended native land ownership claims while creating regional corporations that administered approximately one-ninth of Alaskan territory; the shareholders of the corporations are the native peoples.
	www.alaskatrekker.com /natives.htm (1491 words)

	Alaska Natives and the Law
		Natives of long ago lived all over the land - they could camp and pick berries anywhere - they were the only people on the land.
		Natives of long ago lived all over the land - they could hunt, camp and pick berries anywhere - they were the only people on the land.
		The University of Alaska Fairbanks is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educational institution and is a part of the University of Alaska system.
	www.ankn.uaf.edu /curriculum/ANCSA/LegalWkbk.html (6268 words)

	Alaska Natives Grapple With Super Corporation
		Despite empty pockets, the native credit rating has risen considerably since 1967 when their only collateral was aboriginal title and a fledgling coalition.
		The thing that bothers Smith is that the natives may be forced to shell out their investment capital for projects traditionally financed by public funds.
		Native leaders originally asked Congress to establish a statewide corporation but white opposition, fearing such a structure would wield too such power, successfully lobbied to break it into independent regions.
	www.aliciapatterson.org /APF001972/Morgan/Morgan01/Morgan01.html (1562 words)

	Between Worlds: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
		Alaska Natives are survivors of a massive social experiment.
		It was an unprecedented restitution package: Natives gained title to 44 million acres and received $962.5 million to compensate them for the loss of the rest of their land.
		Reporters spent the summer of 1998 traveling to dozens of villages across the state, talking with Natives at all levels of involvement with their corporations and discovering the results of ANCSA are as varied as the customs of different tribes.
	juneaualaska.com /Project/stories/introduction.html (641 words)

	Alaska Office of Economic Development
		While it is clear from archeology and Native history that people have lived in parts of Alaska for 10,000 years, there is some evidence that colonization first took place many thousands of years earlier.
		The following brief summaries about Alaska Native cultures are written in the past tense only because they refer specifically to life prior to contact with Russians and people of European descent; this should not suggest, however, that the content is necessarily outdated.
		The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 gave Natives rights to about 10% of Alaska and nearly $1 billion dollars and effectively ended their ability to live a complete subsistence lifestyle.
	www.dced.state.ak.us /oed/student_info/learn/nativeculture.htm (728 words)

	Alaska Journal of Commerce: History twines Alaska Natives, pipeline effort 08/12/02
		Alaska Natives' support for the pipeline authorization law was important because just as the petroleum industry got support for the claims act from conservatives and Republicans in Congress, Alaska Natives could get the attention, and support, for the pipeline from liberals and Democrats.
		Eventually, Alaska Native corporations were to invest in drilling rigs and construction companies and even partner with major oil companies in bidding for leases in state oil and gas lease sales.
		For example, the debate in Congress over oil and gas exploration in a part of the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge flows from a section in ANILCA that requires a 1.5 million acre area of the refuge's coastal plain to be considered for its petroleum potential.
	www.alaskajournal.com /stories/081202/foc_hist_twine.shtml (1180 words)

	Summer Internships and Alaska Natives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Native population is so young because of a large demographic bubble of children and youth now coming up through the schools and beginning to enter the workforce.
		The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, for example, was landmark legislation that settled a century-long legal issue of land title and made modern Alaska possible.
		If it is the Natives’ responsibility to start this cooperative enterprise, it is the role of Alaska’s policymakers and educational administrators to recognize the validity of that knowledge, to develop it into a professional curriculum, and to teach it in schools - with the active help of local Native Elders and leaders.
	www.firstalaskans.org /706.cfm (675 words)

	Alaska Federation of Natives
		The Alaska Native Center for Excellence is being developed to add value to the Alaska Native people and other Alaskans, shifting from mass to niche markets in the Internet, electronic commerce and the changing world.
		The Alaska Marketplace is a collaborative project launched by the Denali Commission, the State of Alaska and AFN, the Alaska Marketplace is modeled after the World Bank’s Development Marketplace.
		The purpose of the Alaska Marketplace is to create a marketplace of ideas, Alaskan talent and expertise, and resources to reduce poverty in rural Alaskan Communities by expanding rural economic opportunity, and to promote knowledge sharing and economies.
	www.nativefederation.org (198 words)

	Alaska Natives & the courts
		Alaska Natives > Alaska Natives and the courts
		The Alaska Court System is highly centralized, comprising four levels of state courts which are entirely state-administered and funded.
		Alaska tribal courts operate at the village level.
	justice.uaa.alaska.edu /rlinks/natives/ak_courts.html (381 words)

	Alaska Natives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alaska Natives are indigenous peoples who live in what is now the U.S. state of Alaska.
		In 1971 Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act which settled land and financial claims and provided for the establishment of 13 Alaska Native Regional Corporations to administer those claims.
		Similar to the status of the Canadian Inuit and First Nations, which are recognized as distinct peoples, Alaska Natives are in some respects treated separately from Native Americans in the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alaska_Natives (216 words)

	Alaska's Native Cultures
		Today Alaska Natives represent approximately 16 percent of Alaska's residents, and are a significant segment of the population in over 200 rural villages and communities.
		Alaska's Native people are divided into eleven distinct cultures, speaking twenty different languages.
		In order to the tell the stories of this diverse population, the Alaska Native Heritage Center is organized based on five cultural groupings, which draw upon cultural similarities or geographic proximity:
	www.alaskanative.net /2.asp (89 words)

	Alaska Stock Images - Alaska Native Photos
		Alaska is one of the youngest states of the Union, but its history and culture is perhaps one of the oldest.
		The most traditional Alaska Native groups are found among the Yup'ik speaking areas where 71% remain Native speakers.
		Qayaq : Kayaks of Alaska and Siberia - this book is a must have for any kayaker.I found it at the library and was amazed by the amount of info about traditional kayak design and techniques.
	www.alaskastock.com /Alaska_Native_Photos.asp (1230 words)

	American Indians and Alaska Natives in Postsecondary Education
		At the undergraduate level, American Indians and Alaska Natives have exceeded their representation in the population—1 percent of undergraduate enrollment and 0.8 percent of the total population.
		Among Native Americans, for example, the rate of increase in bachelor's degrees was 135 percent for women and 45 percent for men.
		The largest increase in Native Americans as a proportion of total faculty occurred in the rank of instructor (from 0.4 percent in 1981 to 0.9 percent in 1993).
	nces.ed.gov /programs/quarterly/vol_1/1_1/5-esq11-a.asp (4523 words)

	Alaska Journal of Commerce: Rate of AIDS up for Alaska Natives 12/10/01
		FAIRBANKS -- Alaska Natives are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS at a higher rate than Caucasian Alaskans and state health officials aren't sure why.
		Alison Bell, a medical epidemiologist specializing in HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, said one reason for the increase could be that more Alaska Natives are being tested for the disease.
		Statistics by the Alaska Division of Public Health do not show whether the majority of HIV and AIDS cases among Alaska Natives are among people who live in urban or in rural areas of the state.
	www.alaskajournal.com /stories/121001/foc_aids_natives.shtml (413 words)

	Alaska Natives Subsistence Issue
		Anyway, my opinion is that Native Alaska subsistence rights should be Increased, and that rights and privileges should be Decreased for commercial fishers, especially for those people who do not live year-round in Alaska (most permit holders live in other states).
		Most of the 220 small Native villages in Alaska are located on or near the shores of a river or a lake, or on the coasts of the North Pacific, Bering Sea, or Arctic Ocean.
		The proximity to water is no accident and reflect s the dependence of Alaska Natives on the harvest of fish stocks for sustenance and the basis of their traditional way of life.
	www.ewebtribe.com /NACulture/articles/alaskasubsis.htm (1040 words)

	American Indians, Alaska Natives Number 4.4 Million - US Department of State
		American Indians and Alaska natives are citizens of the United States and of the states in which they reside and have the same right to vote as any other citizens.
		The American Indian and Alaska native population in California as of July 1, 2003: 683,900 (the highest total of any state in the nation).
		The percentage of Alaska's population identified as American Indian and Alaska native as of July 1, 2003: 19 percent (the highest rate for this race group of any state in the nation).
	usinfo.state.gov /eur/Archive/2005/Jan/28-691277.html (1925 words)

	RRANN - Recruitment and Retention of Alaska Natives into Nursing
		Located within the School of Nursing at the University of Alaska Anchorage, RRANN's purpose is to increase the number of Alaska Natives and American Indians graduating with an Associate of Applied Science or Baccalaureate of Science Degree from UAA.
		In 1996, Alaska Native/American Indians made up only 1.5% of the nursing workforce in Alaska, contrast to their being 16% of the population - confirming the fact that Alaska Native/American Indians are substantially unrepresentated in Alaska's workforce.
		Alaska Native and American Indians interested in enrolling at UAA and seeking a degree in nursing are eligible to receive college preparation counseling from RRANN.
	nursing.uaa.alaska.edu /rrann (283 words)

	Alaska Stock Images - Alaska Village Photos
		From the earliest beginnings of after crossing the Bering Land Bridge, the Alaskan Natives, their culture and villages have remained prevalent icon on the Alaska landscape.
		In a unique experiment and triumph, the Alaskan Natives were able to unite and form the Alaska Federation of Natives eventually lobbying for the passage of the Alaska Native Land Claims Settlement Act of 1971.
		However, the original native name of Barrow is the Eskimo name Ukpeagvik (place where owls are hunted.) Water is derived from a dam on Isatkoak Lagoon.
	www.alaskastock.com /Alaska_Village_Photos.asp (1136 words)

	1998 SGR - American Indians and Alaska Natives and Tobacco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The number of American Indians and Alaska Natives is expected to increase steadily to 2.4 million in 2000, 3.1 million in 2020, and 4.4 million in 2050.
		Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among American Indians and Alaska Natives, and tobacco use is an important risk factor for this disease.
		In 1994—1995, the rate of smoking among American Indian and Alaska Native women of reproductive age was 44.3%, compared with white (29.4%), African American (23.4%), Hispanic (16.4%), and Asian American and Pacific Islander (5.7%) women of reproductive age.
	www.cdc.gov /tobacco/sgr/sgr_1998/sgr-min-fs-nat.htm (762 words)

	Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and American Indians attend historic forum : ICT [2003/06/09]
		The forum was held on May 13 and 14; its goals were to "enable greater self-determination for Alaska Natives, American Indians and Native Hawaiians" and provide an "overview of Native issues related to health, education and the economy," according to the forum agenda.
		American Indian and Alaska Native representatives are encouraged to attend, Tanner said.
		The bill will ensure Native Hawaiian self-governance and land retention and affirm a federal trust responsibility and special relationship between Native Hawaiians and the U.S. government comparable to that of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1055159398 (586 words)

	The Way They Were: Russians vs. Natives, 1740, Alaska Science Forum
		This might arise from the great difference in dialect which is observed not only between the wild natives of Kamchatka, but also between the Europeans in different provinces.
		Much of the tone of the book is derogatory, dwelling on superstitions and such practices as performing burials by feeding the deceased to the dogs.
		As is well known, the natives did not fare well under the Russians, who enslaved and mistreated them.
	www.gi.alaska.edu /ScienceForum/ASF7/791.html (577 words)

	Alaska Natives and Native Organizations
		Andrew Hope (1896-1968) was one of the organizers of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood; President of the Brotherhood for several terms; and president of the Tlingit-Haida Association (1940-1966).
		Billy Johnson, son of Ada Blackjack Johnson, became active in Alaskan Native organizations in Seattle and was involved in the formation of the 13th Regional Corporation; he served on the board of directors from 1976 to 1985.
		The project was funded by an Alaska Historical Commission grant and was supported by the Eskimo Heritage Program of Kanerak, Inc. The collection consists of 191 fl and white photographs of native villages, people, and activities in Alaska.
	www.lib.uaa.alaska.edu /archives/ResHighlights/4AKNAT2.html (778 words)

	Welcome to SLED :: FAQ Alaska
		The term Alaska Native, referring to Alaska's original inhabitants, includes Aleut, Eskimo and Indian groups who differ from each other in ethnic origin, language and culture.
		Information collected on Alaska Native groups by the federal census is only partially useful since all identification of race and tribe is self identification.
		So if "Alaska Native" is defined to include people who said they were Alaska Native and some other race-and we think that's the right definition to use-then the figures from the 2000 census are not directly comparable with those from previous censuses.
	sled.alaska.edu /akfaq/aknatpop.html (601 words)

	Planet Ark : Warming Climate Disrupts Alaska Natives' Lives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Native leaders say that salmon are increasingly susceptible to warm-water parasites and suffer from lesions and strange behavior.
		Still, to the frustration of Alaska Natives, many politicians in the lower 48 U.S. states deny that global warming is occurring or that a warmer climate could cause problems.
		Average temperatures in Alaska are up about 5 degrees Fahrenheit from three decades ago, and about twice that during winter, said Weller, who also heads the Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research established by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the university.
	www.planetark.com /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/24761/story.htm (1005 words)

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