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Arctic Village (Vashrąįį K'ǫǫ [2] in Gwich'in) is an unincorporated Native American village [3] and a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census , the population of the CDP was 152.
Note that while the names of Alaska Native tribal entities often include "Village of" or "Native Village of," in most cases, the tribal entity cannot be considered as identical to the city, town, or census-designated place in which the tribe is located, as some residents may be non-tribal members and a separate city government may exist.
Sarah Agnes James (born 1946 [1] [2]) is a Neets'aii Gwich'in activist from Arctic Village, Alaska, USA, but was born in Fort Yukon "because that is where the hospital was.I grew up part of the time in Fort Yukon and Salmon River, but most of the time in Arctic Village, Alaska [3]."James is a board member of the International Indian Treaty Council.
In 1998, the case was heard by the United States Supreme Court, which ruled in Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government. It determined that the tribal council did not have taxing authority on its land, as the terms of the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act had done away with almost all reservations in the state.
Michael J. Stickman is the First Chief of the Nulato Tribal Council, [1] [2] an Athabaskan tribe in Nulato, Alaska. [3] Stickman, who is Koyukon Athabascan, is seated on the Arctic Council. [4]
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.
A native of Wales, Alaska, a village about 100 miles northwest of Nome, Florence had moved to Nome in 2013. She was last seen leaving a tent on West Beach, just outside of Nome, around 4pm on ...
Services financed by the state of Alaska are provided for all residents of the region. In 2006, The Tanana Chiefs Conference had almost seven hundred full-time employees and numerous part-time and seasonal positions. About two-thirds of the staff members work in village positions, with two-thirds of the staff members also being Alaskan Natives.