Gave Ak. Natives a Voice

I was reading about the Tundra Times paper and it says the paper gave Alaska natives a voice. This is interesting to me because it gave attention to the land right of Eskimos, Indians, and so on. I was thinking, if that got attention they should do the same thing over and over until it got the attention of the government. I think this is great, if they didn't make a newsletter there would still be issues that affected a lot of people.

Did the Russians or the Americans have any claim to any part of Alaska at all? Did they have a legitiment claim when they had lived in their settlements for a few generations? Is there a claim on Alaska for Americans, or should they leave? At which point are grievences of the past, and at which point are grievences an issue that has to be resolved? At which point should we fight for our rights,and at which point should we forget and end the fight?
What is our duty now?
Another point I would like to make: I do not think the Russians or Americans ruled in the best way. Their governments supported, actively and by silence, some of the evil actions of their people here, on purpose or by accident. I do not think that Americans or Russians in Alaska are bad by definition, but that they did not always rule well. Of course, this is a broad statement. There were many good things done by good leaders, but that I do think there were a lot of mistakes made about what to do with the Native people. I think that there were many good people in Alaska, both Russian, American, and Native, but that justice did not happen until recently, for the most part, concerning Alaska Native Claim Settlement.

I like This

The thing that i thought was really interesting, I didn't even know Willie Hensley was in the NANA region like me and was from Kotzebue. I am wanting to meet this guy because I know for a fact that he taught my dad in the past.

I'm a bit confused

So, while I was reading the first assignment I noticed that when Paul Ongtooguk listed the 13 Regional Corporations, he listed Tanana Chiefs Conference as one of the regional corporations. That took me back a little because 1. TCC is a non-profit corporation, correct? And 2. Doyon is not listed either. So is this a mistake on Mr. Ongtooguk's part or is there something that happened since then that has changed?

The Native Lands

I was just wondering how much the natives got out of this ANSCA deal. The natives got 44 million acres of land and $962.5 million for the land they lost. But how much land did they lose? What type of land did they lose? ANSCA did its best to go to all the different villages and figure out where everybody's fishing, egging, hunting, gathering, and and other traditionally used grounds were. Approximately 65% of Alaska is federally owned. How much of that used to be natively owned? 44 million acres are only a small fraction of Alaska. $962.5 million sounds like a lot, unless the natives gave up 100 acres or more. Does anyone know how much traditionally used land was given? Anyone have an elder that lived before 1971 that could tell them how the lands they lost changed their live or culture? Cause if we could hear from one of them and hear, first hand, how that land helped them survive and support their culture, and how they were able to manage without those traditional lands, that'd be really cool.

Hensley Was Right

i think that Hensley was speaking the truth when he said that the only title the Natives had or needed was the fact that they have lived and occupied the territory for thousands of years; long before the whites came (including the Russians). and now today we are far better off then the Natives down in the lower 48. i dont think i could imagine Alaska if ANCSA didnt pass.

Why the native have land claim

I totally or hundred percent agree with William Hensley for taking our land without asking native first. I think that the natives should be payed by the U.S. The natives also did own the land because they were here before the white people came and took over. But it is also good that the white people keep away from the other natives land. They shouldnt bother them on the property that they had before they ever went there. And giving away the land for only 962.5 million, i would of went higher with the land but it was all good when they gave us 44 million acres of land. Well i guess. Actually it is good how much land they gave us...

ANSCA- Subsurface and Surface land claims

So, the regional and village corporations are sharing the land in. The regional corporations, such as Doyon and CIRI, were given the rights to own the subsurface and the village corporations, like Haidi and Cape Fox, were given the rights to own the surface. Why did they do this? Why did they make it a "split estate." Did this make it easier somehow? I just don't know why they would do this instead of sharing subsurface and surface rights.