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Village journey : the report of the Alaska Native Review Commission / by Thomas R. Berger

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Author:
Berger, Thomas R  Search this
Alaska Native Review Commission  Search this
Physical description:
x, 202 pages, [27] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Claims
Place:
Alaska
Date:
1985
Notes:
NMAI copy 39088019918705 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema.
Contents:
Introduction -- One / The promise of the Claims Act -- The promise -- The settlement -- The problems of the settlement -- Village corporations -- Regional corporations -- Economic effects -- ANCSA and the idea of development -- Two / Subsistence: more than survival, a way of life -- The meaning of subsistence -- The economy of subsistence -- Subsistence and the law -- The future of subsistence -- Three / Land: focus of cultural conflict -- Taking the land -- The conflict in Alaska -- Four / 1991: the unravelling of ANCSA -- Risks to native land -- Some conventional solutions -- The dilemma of stock sale -- Excluded natives -- Doing nothing -- Alternative institutions -- Five / A new direction: the uses of history -- The thirteen colonies and the new republic -- The courts -- The Indian Reorganization Act and self-determination -- The resurgence of tribal government -- Six / Native sovereignty in Alaska -- What is native sovereignty? -- Sovereignty, the IRA, and ANCSA -- State-tribal relations -- Seven / Recommendations -- The distinctiveness of Native Americans -- Retribalization of land -- Self-government -- Subsistence: native jurisdiction over fish and wildlife -- Recommendations -- Land -- Village corporations -- Regional corporations -- Self-government -- Subsistence -- Eight / The fourth world -- Old questions -- The fourth world -- Current questions -- Epilogue -- Chapter notes -- Appendix
Summary:
Report of Berger's review of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. Besides analysing ANCSA, Berger also addresses other questions such as land, subsistence and the future of the villages, which were raised by Alaskan natives during his travels around Alaska.
Topic:
Alaska Natives--Land tenure  Search this
Alaska natives--Government relations  Search this
Alaska Natives--Claims  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_281876