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

Object Details

Author

Berger, Thomas R

Alaska Native Review Commission

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.

1985

Type

Books

Claims

Physical description

x, 202 pages, [27] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place

Alaska

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Alaska Natives--Land tenure

Alaska natives--Government relations

Alaska Natives--Claims

Record ID

siris_sil_281876

Metadata Usage (text)

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