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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.
Chugach Alaska Corporation was incorporated in Alaska on June 23, 1972. [1] Headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, Chugach Alaska Corporation is a for-profit corporation with over 2,200 Alaska Native shareholders [2] primarily of Chugach Alutiiq, Eyak, and Tlingit descent. [3]
Koniag was incorporated in Alaska on June 23, 1972. [1] Headquartered in Kodiak, Alaska, with additional offices in Anchorage, Koniag is a for-profit corporation with about 4,300 Alaska Native shareholders primarily of Alutiiq descent. [2]
Bristol Bay Native Corporation was incorporated in Alaska on June 13, 1972. [1] Headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, Bristol Bay Native Corporation is a for-profit corporation with approximately 9,900 Alaska Native shareholders primarily of Eskimo, Aleut, and DenaŹ¼ina descent.
In 1968, nine years after Alaska attained statehood, oil was discovered at Prudhoe Bay.The discovery put the issue of Native lands into the forefront. Three years later, in 1971 President Richard Nixon signed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which conveyed nearly 150 million acres (610,000 km 2) of federal land into the hands of 12 newly created Alaska Native regional corporations.
Bering Straits Native Corporation; Bristol Bay Native Corporation; C ... Carrs-Safeway; Chugach Alaska Corporation; Cook Inlet Region, Inc. Credit Union 1; D. Denali ...
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.
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.