Chatter Marks EP 25 The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act shapes Alaska’s past and future with Aaron Leggett

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🗓️ 2 November 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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In this episode of Chatter Marks, Aaron Leggett explains the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, or ANCSA. ANCSA was established on December 18, 1971, and is a landmark policy for many reasons. As a result of the act, Alaska Natives retained 44 million acres of land and about 1 billion dollars to settle Indigenous land claims in Alaska. It also divided the state into 12 regional corporations and almost 200 village corporations that split the money and the land. Before ANCSA, the traditional way the United States had negotiated land settlements and compensation with Native tribes was in the form of reservations and treaties. ANCSA changed the fundamental existence of Alaska as a state as well as the way we think about Indigenous land settlements, and this December marks its 50th Anniversary. Aaron is the president of the Native Village of Eklutna and the Anchorage Museum’s Senior Curator. He’s a shareholder in Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, or CIRI, one of the regional Alaska Native corporations set up by ANCSA. He’s also a shareholder and has served on the board of Eklutna, Inc., one of the village corporations set up by ANCSA. Chatter Marks is a podcast of the Anchorage Museum, and is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts. Just search "Chatter Marks."

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0:00.0	We should care about ANCSA because the vast majority of the largest Alaskan-owned corporations
0:19.5	and virtually all the private land in our state is in the control of ANCSA corporations.
0:29.1	So the economic future of our state is directly tied to ANCSA corporations.
0:37.6	Now that's not to say that it's the entire picture, but it's a large part of the picture.
0:43.3	And so that's why I think people should understand it and care about it because in a sense we've
0:52.4	become assimilated into the economy, the politics, and the fabric of our state.
0:59.7	That was Aaron Leggett, talking about the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act or ANCSA.
1:05.0	ANCSA was established on December 18, 1971 and is a landmark policy for many reasons.
1:12.4	As a result of the act, Alaska natives retained 44 million acres of land and about $1 billion
1:18.8	to settle indigenous land claims in Alaska.
1:22.5	It also divided the state into 12 regional corporations and almost 200 village corporations
1:28.0	that split the money and the land.
1:30.6	Before ANCSA, the traditional way the United States had negotiated land settlements and
1:36.2	compensation with native tribes was in the form of reservations and treaties.
1:41.0	ANCSA changed the fundamental existence of Alaska as a state as well as the way we think
1:45.8	about indigenous land settlements.
1:48.2	And this December marked its 50th anniversary.
1:51.9	Aaron is the president of the native village of Eklutna and the Anchorage Museum Senior
1:55.8	Curator.
1:56.8	He's a shareholder in Cook and Lit Region Incorporated or Siri.
2:01.4	One of the regional Alaska Native corporations set up by ANCSA.
2:05.9	He's also a shareholder and has served on the board of Eklutna Incorporated.
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