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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.
The list is maintained in alphabetical order with respect to the name of the tribe or village. 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 ...
This category collects articles concerning the Alaska Native village corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971.. Alaska Native village corporations are for-profit corporations and are not to be confused with Alaska Native tribes recognized by the U.S. Government or with Alaska Native villages, which are separate entities.
The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) is the largest statewide Native organization in the state of Alaska, United States.Its membership includes 178 villages (both federally recognized tribes and village corporations), thirteen regional native corporations, and twelve regional nonprofit and tribal consortiums that contract and run federal and state programs.
In exchange for abrogating Native claims, approximately one-ninth of the state's land plus $962.5 million were distributed to more than 200 local Alaska Native "village corporations" established under section 8, in addition to 12 land-owning for-profit Alaska Native "regional corporations" and a non-land-owning thirteenth corporation for Alaska ...
Headquartered in Glennallen, Alaska, Ahtna is a for-profit corporation with more than 2,000 Alaska Native shareholders primarily of Ahtna Athabascan descent. Ahtna, Inc. stewards over 1,500,000 acres (6,100 km 2 ) of lands granted through land claims under ANCSA finalized between 1971 and 1998.
Alaska Native village corporations (6 P) Architecture firms based in Alaska (11 P) B. Banks based in Alaska (2 P) C. Cooperatives based in Alaska (1 C, 2 P)
A current listing of Cook Inlet Region, Inc.'s officers and directors, as well as documents filed with the State of Alaska since CIRI's incorporation, are available online through the Corporations Database of the Division of Corporations, Business & Professional Licensing, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development.