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Bering Straits Native Corporation is owned by more than 8,200 Alaska Native shareholders. These include original shareholders, heirs and gift recipients residing inside and outside Alaska. BSNC shareholders who are Alaska Native are eligible to vote for the Board of Directors or on other advisory matters that come to the shareholders for a vote ...
Bering Air; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Bristol Bay Native Corporation; C. Calista Corporation; Carrs-Safeway; Chugach Alaska Corporation; Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
Alaska Native corporation; 0–9. The 13th Regional Corporation; A. ... Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; B. Bering Straits Native Corporation; Bristol Bay Native ...
Nome lies within the region of the Bering Straits Native Corporation, which is headquartered in Nome. Prior to being colonized, Nome was home to Iñupiat natives. The area came to Western attention in 1898, when three Nordic-Americans discovered gold on the ocean shores of Nome, prompting the Nome Gold Rush .
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.
Bering Straits Native Corporation Languages. Inuit, the language and the people, extend borders and dialects across the Circumpolar North.
There are seven Alaskan Native Corporations (see ANC link for map) which are predominantly Inuit in composition: Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, NANA Regional Corporation, Bering Straits Native Corporation, Calista Corporation, Bristol Bay Native Corporation, Koniag, Inc., and Chugach Alaska Corporation.
Map showing NANA's region, with an inset showing the region in relation to Alaska as a whole. Adjacent regions are those of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (to the north), Bering Straits Native Corporation (to the south) and Doyon, Limited (to the east). Until 1971, the issue of land ownership in Alaska was divisive.