The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was a piece of legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1971. Under ANCSA, Alaska Natives received 44 million acres of land and around $963 million. King presents this settlement in the final chapter of the book as an example of a recent positive development in Indian-White relations.
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Quotes in The Inconvenient Indian
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Chapter 10. Happy Ever After
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So long as we possess one element of sovereignty, so long as we possess one parcel of land, North America will come for us, and the question we have to face is how badly we wish to continue to pursue the concepts of sovereignty and self-determination.
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Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Term Timeline in The Inconvenient Indian
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Chapter 10. Happy Ever After
...relations. In their answers, King identifies two recurring topics: the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. Before exploring these historical land-claim settlements, however, King takes...
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...the main focus of this final chapter, starting with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). Native land-claims have been a pressing issue in Alaska since it became a state in...
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...only three years for the U.S. Congress to pass the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). King compares ANCSA to early treaties between tribes and the federal government, since the settlement...
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Before ANCSA, Native land in Alaska was trust land, and, therefore, controlled by the U.S. government. Through...
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King describes meeting a Tlingit friend in Juneau. The friend remarked how, since ANCSA, the younger Tlingit generations now know the name of their “corporation” rather than their “clan.” ...
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...kilometers of land and over one billion dollars. The biggest difference between this settlement and ANCSA is that while only 10 percent of the total land allotted to the Inuit is...
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King reaffirms the fact that ANCSA and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement are flawed documents. He also laments the persistent anti-Indian...
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