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Arctic Slope Regional Corporation was created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. [1] The initial shareholders were the 13,000 Iñupiaq Eskimos listed in the 1970 US census.
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.
Alaska was purchased by the United States in 1867, however, it did not become an incorporated territory of the United States until 1912. [2] The Constitution of Alaska, itself ratified by a vote of the people in 1956, outlined specific guidelines for ballot measures in Article XI, stating that "the people may propose and enact laws by the initiative, and approve or reject acts of the ...
Alaska Delegate (and later Senator) Bob Bartlett, the author of the original Alaska Mental Health Bill. Alaska possessed no mental health treatment facilities prior to the passage of the 1956 Act. At the time of the Act's passage, Alaska was not a U.S. state, being constituted instead as a territory of the United States.
A 2021 memorial for Dijon Kizzee near where the 29-year-old was shot by L.A. County sheriff's deputies. L.A. County supervisors voted Tuesday to pay the father of Kizzee $3.375 million.
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In 1981, Meach worked several jobs and was enrolled at the University of Alaska. [1] On May 3, 1982, armed with a .38-caliber revolver that he had bought from a man on the street, he shot four teenagers to death while robbing their campsite in Russian Jack Springs Park; two 19-year-old boys, one 16-year-old girl and one 17-year-old girl. The ...
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