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The Koniag region comprises Kodiak Island and the Kodiak Archipelago and a small portion of the southern coast of the Alaska Peninsula.Koniag's original land entitlement under ANCSA was 895 acres (3.6 km 2), plus the subsurface estate of lands allocated to village corporations in the Koniag region.
The Coastal Zone Management Program was created by the Coastal Zone Management Act [2] (October 27, 1972). It provides grants to eligible states and territories as an incentive to prepare and implement plans guiding the use of coastal lands and resources. Thirty-four of the 35 eligible states and territories are implementing federally approved ...
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.
After ASRC was created in 1971, it received a share of the $963 million provided by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, plus a number of acres of land in proportion to the size of villages in its region. It was able to define and obtain title to parcels of land without restriction to any former title or land claim.
Quinhagak (/ ˈ k w ɪ n ə h ɑː k /; [3] Central Yupik: Kuinerraq [4]) is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 776, up from 669 in 2010. [5] The Yupik name for the village is Kuinerraq, meaning "new river channel." It has been dated to at least 1000 AD. [6]
The Tanana Chiefs Conference (representing 42 Alaska Native villages from 37 tribes) opposes drilling, as do at least 90 Native American tribes. The National Congress of American Indians (representing 250 tribes), the Native American Rights Fund as well as some Canadian tribes also oppose drilling in the 1002 area.
The federal Bureau of Land Management began to process the Alaska government's selections without taking into account the Native claims and without informing the affected Native groups. [7] It was against this backdrop that the original language for a land claims settlement was developed. [8] A 9.2-magnitude earthquake struck the state in 1964. [9]
This process taking place causes a lot of concern for environmental activists due to the effect it can have on the land and its wildlife with heavy machinery, housing, and more. The Alaskan Conservation Foundation has expressed concerns towards the amount of research and intent that is going into this process.