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Sealaska Corporation is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) in settlement of aboriginal land claims. Headquartered in Juneau , Alaska , Sealaska is a for-profit corporation with more than 23,000 Alaska Native shareholders [ 1 ] primarily of Tlingit , Haida ...
Sealaska Corporation; Spirit of Alaska Federal Credit Union; T. Tanadgusix Corporation; U. Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation; Companies formerly based in Alaska
Jay Greenfield, U.S. Senator Ted Stevens and AFN President Emil Notti discussing ANCSA in the Senate TV Studio in 1969.. When Alaska became a state in 1959, section 4 of the Alaska Statehood Act provided that any existing Alaska Native land claims would be unaffected by statehood and held in status quo.
The Act lays out the specifics of the corporations' status. Here is an excerpt of the relevant portion: [5] 43 U.S.C. § 1606 (a) Division of Alaska into twelve geographic regions; common heritage and common interest of region; area of region commensurate with operations of Native association; boundary disputes, arbitration.
He was on the board of directors of the Sealaska Corporation and was a co-chair of the Alaska Federation of Natives. [2] His earlier professional positions included Business Manager, Executive VP, and Acting President/CEO for Kootznoowoo Inc. He is of the Tlingit Nation, Eagle Tribe, Teikweidí (Brown Bear) Clan, child of L'eeneidí (Dog Salmon ...
Wrangell has several churches and bars and a pizza store though no citywide free wireless internet for tourists or business travelers yet. The local Native Corporation—the Sealaska Corporation, contributes to the cost of local health care provisioning. Bonnie Demerjian, [26] Garrison Gibson, [27] and other writers live in the city. It has ...
The Metlakatla Tsimshian maintained their reservation status and holdings exclusive of the ANSCA. They do not have an associated Native Corporation, although Tsimshian in Alaska may be shareholders of the Sealaska Corporation. The Annette Islands Reserve was the only location in Alaska allowed to maintain fish traps according to traditional rights.
Rosita Kaaháni Worl is an American anthropologist and Alaska Native cultural, business and political leader. She is president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute, a Juneau-based nonprofit organization that preserves and advances the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian Native cultures of Southeast Alaska, and has held that position since 1997. [1]