The Alaska Native Regional Corporations were established
in 1971 when the United States Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (ANCSA) which settled land and financial claims made by
the Alaska Natives and provided for the establishment of 13 regional
corporations to administer those claims.
The state was
originally divided into twelve regions, each represented by a "Native
association" responsible for the enrollment of past and present
residents of the region. Individual Alaska Natives enrolled in these
associations, and their village level equivalents, were made
shareholders in the Regional and Village Corporations created by the
Act. The twelve for-profit regional corporations, and a thirteenth
region representing those Alaska Natives who were no longer residents of
Alaska in 1971, were awarded the monetary and property compensation
created by ANCSA. Village corporations and their shareholders received
compensation through the regional corporations. The fact that many
Alaska Native villages throughout the state were not empowered by the
ANCSA to form village corporations led to a number of lawsuits.
The regional and village corporations are now owned by Alaska Native
people through privately owned shares of corporation stock. Alaska
Natives alive at ANCSA's enactment on December 17, 1971, who enrolled in
a Native association (at the regional and/or village level) received 100
shares of stock in the respective corporation. In 2006, the 109th
Congress passed S.449 which amended ANCSA, and allowed for shares to be
more easily issued to those who had missed the enrollment, or were born
after the enrollment period[1] by reducing the requirement for voting
from a majority of shareholders to a majority of attending shareholders
at corporation meetings.[2]
During the 1970s, ANCSA
regional and village corporations selected land in and around native
villages in the state in proportion to their enrolled populations.
Village corporations own the surface rights to the lands they selected,
but regional corporations own the subsurface rights of both their own
selections and of those of the village corporations.
The
orginal twelve geographic regions were to be composed "as far as
practicable" of Natives having a common heritage and sharing common
interests. In the absence of good cause shown to the contrary, the
regions were to approximate the areas covered by the operations of the
following existing Native associations:
Arctic Slope Native Association (Barrow, Point Hope);
Bering Straits Association (Seward Peninsula,
Unalakleet, Saint Lawrence Island);
Northwest Alaska Native Association (Kotzebue);
Association of Village Council Presidents (southwest
coast, all villages in the Bethel area, including all villages on the
Lower Yukon River and the Lower Kuskokwim River);
Cook Inlet Association (Kenai, Tyonek, Eklutna,
Iliamna);
Bristol Bay Native Association (Dillingham, Upper
Alaska Peninsula);
Aleut League (Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands and
that part of the Alaska Peninsula which is in the Aleut League);
Chugach Native Association (Cordova, Tatitlek, Port
Graham, English Bay, Valdez, and Seward);
Tlingit-Haida Central Council (southeastern Alaska,
including Metlakatla);
Kodiak Area Native Association (all villages on and
around Kodiak Island); and
Copper River Native Association (Copper Center,
Glennallen, Chitina, Mentasta).
12 Alaska Native Regional Corporations now govern most of
the 229 federally recognized Indian communities and villages of Alaska.
"They were created by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA),
which created Native-owned corporations to provide stewardship of
ancestral lands and financial and other resources for Alaska's native
people. A 13th corporation, based in Seattle, Washington, (Sealaska)
also was formed. Sealaska now has offices in both Alaska and Washington
State, and is the largest private landowner in Southeast Alaska.
"The corporations were formed to receive approximately 45 million acres
of land transferred from federal to private ownership and to manage
investment of $962 million appropriated by Congress as the cash part of
the settlement. An exception to this is that the 13th corporation
received no land.Alaska natives have a unique relationship with the US
Government that is different from the reservation system of the lower 48
states.
"In addition to the regional corporations, some villages have their own
village corporations, and there are many tribally affiliated councils
who also take leadership roles for the native communities and villages
of Alaska." Info fromhttp://www.aaanativearts.com
Regional Corporations:
Urban/Village Corporations and other useful links:
Akiachak Community Bethel Agency Willie Kasayulie,
Pres. P.O. Box 70 Akiachak, AK 99551 Tel# (907) 825-4029,
Fax# 825-4029
Akiak Community Bethel Agency Owen Ivan,
Pres. P.O. Box 52165 Akiak, AK 99552 Tel# (907) 765-7112,
Fax# 765-7112
Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Anchorage Agency Rena J. Kudrin,
Pres. P.O. Box 86 St. Paul Island, AK 99660 Tel# (907) 546-2211,
Fax# 546-2407
Allakaket Community Fairbanks Agency Gilbert Vent, First Chief P.O. Box 30 Allakaket, AK 99720 Tel# (907) 968-2241
Andreafski Tribal Council Bethel Agency George Beans Sr., Pres. P.O. Box 368 St. Mary's, AK 99658 Tel# (907) 438-2312,
Fax# 438-2512
Angoon Community Association Juneau Area Office Wally Frank, President P.O. Box 188 Angoon, AK 99820 Tel# (907) 788-3441
Aukquan Traditional Council Juneau Area Office Albert Wallace, Chief
9296 Stephen Richards Memorial Drive Juneau, AK 99801 Tel# (907) 465-4120
Beaver Village Fairbanks Agency Arlene Pitka, Chief P.O. Box 24029 Beaver, AK 99724 Tel# (907) 628-6126
Birch Creek Village Council Fairbanks Agency Randall Baalam, First Chief P.O. Box KBC Fort Yukon, AK 99740 Tel# (907) 221-9133
Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Tribes
Fairbanks Agency Edward K. Thomas, Pres. 320 W. Willoughby Ave.#300 Juneau, AK 99801 Tel# (907) 586-1432
Chilkat Village of Klukwan Juneau Area Office Joe Hotch,
Pres. P.O. Box 210 Haines, AK 99827 Tel# (907) 767-5505, Fax# 767-5515
Chilkoot Indian Association of Haines Juneau Area Office Charles Paddock, Pres. P.O. Box 490 Haines, AK 99827
Tel# (907) 766-2310
Chinik Eskimo Community Nome Agency Tonsashay
Esparza, Pres. P.O. Box 62020 Golovin, AK 99762 Tel# (907) 822-3503,
Fax# 779-3261
Circle Native Community Fairbanks Agency Allen John, Chief General Delivery Circle, AK 99733 Tel# (907) 733-5498
Cook Inlet Tribal Council Lisa Dolchok, Director 670 W. Fireweed Lane Anchorage, AK 99503 Tel# (907) 276-3343
Craig Community Association Juneau Area Office Ralph Mackie, Vice-Pres. P.O. Box 828 Craig, AK 99821 Tel# (907) 826-3321,
Fax# 826-3980
Dillingham Village Council Anchorage Agency Ida Roehl,
Pres. P.O. Box 216 Dillingham, AK 99576 Tel# (907) 842-2384
Douglas Indian Association Juneau Area Office Amos Wallace, President
P.O. Box 020478 Juneau, AK 99802 Tel# (907) 586-1798
Egekik Village Council Anchorage Agency Richard Deigh,
Pres. P.O. Box 29 Egekik, AK 99579 Tel# (907) 233-2211
Ekwok Village Council Anchorage Agency Peter Walcott Sr., Pres. P.O. Box 70 Ekwok, AK 99580 Tel# (907) 464-3311
Gulkana Village Council Anchorage Agency Eileen L. Ewan,
Pres. P.O. Box 254 Gakona, AK 99586 Tel# (907) 822-3746
Healy Lake Village Fairbanks Agency Fred Kirsteatter,
Pres. P.O. Box 667 Delta Junction, AK 99737 Tel# (907) 452-7915
Hoonah Indian Association Juneau Area Office Kenneth Grant, Pres. P.O. Box 602 Hoonah, AK 99829 Tel# (907) 945-3220,
Fax# 945-3445
Hughes Village Fairbanks Agency Gerald Oldman, Cheif
P.O. Box 45010 Hughes, AK 99745 Tel# (907) 899-2206
Huslia Village Council Fairbanks Agency Warner Vent, Chief P.O. Box 32 Huslia, AK 99746 Tel# (907) 829-2202,
Fax# 829-2214
Hydaburg Cooperative Association Juneau Area Office Viola Burgess, Pres. P.O. Box 323 Hydaburg, AK 99922 Tel# (907) 285-3666,
Fax# 285-3944
Igiugig Village Center Anchorage Agency Trefim
Andrew, Pres. P.O. Box 4008 Igiugig, AK 99613 Tel# (907) 533-3211
Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope Fairbanks Agency George Edwardson,
Pres. P.O. Box 934 Barrow, AK 99723 Tel# (907) 825-6907
Iqurmuit Tribe Bethel Agency Mary Belkoff,
Pres. P.O. Box 9 Russian Mission, AK 99657 Tel# (907) 584-5511
Ivanoff Bay Village Anchorage Agency Archie Kalmakoff,
Pres. P.O. Box K1B Ivanoff Bay, AK 99502 Tel# (907) 699--2204
Kenaitze Indian Tribe Anchorage Agency Clara Swan, Chair. P.O. Box 988 Kenai, AK 99611 Tel# (907) 283-3633
Ketchikan Indian Corporation Juneau Area Office Christine Collison,
Pres. 429 Deermount Ave. Ketchikan, AK 99901 Tel# (907) 225-5158,
Fax# 247-0429
King Island Native Community Nome Agency Marilyn Koezlina-Irelan, Chief P.O. Box 992 Nome, AK 99762 Tel# (907) 443-5494
Klawock Cooperative Association Juneau Area Office Roseann Demmert,
Pres. P.O. Box 112 Klawock, AK 99925 Tel# (907) 755-2265,
Fax# 755-8800
Knik Village Council Anchorage Agency Paul B. Theodore, Pres. P.O. Box 871565 Wasilla, AK 99687 Tel# (907) 376-2845
Levelock Village Anchorage Agency Christopher Apokedak,
Pres. P.O. Box 70 Levelock, AK 99625 Tel# (907) 287-3030
Lime Village Bethel Agency Phillip
Bobby, Pres. Lime Village, AK 99627 Tel# (907) 526-5126
Lower Kalskag Village Bethel Agency George Sam, Pres. P.O. Box 27 Lower Kalskag, AK 99626 Tel# (907) 471-2307
Mentasta Lake Village Anchorage Agency Norman Ewan,
1st Chief Mentasta Lake, AK 99780 Tel# (907) 291-2319
Metlakatla Indian Community Council Portland Area Office Jim Scudero, Mayor P.O. Box 8 Metlakatla, AK 99926 Tel# (907) 886-4441,
Fax# 886-7997
Mountain Village Bethel Agency Elmer T.
Beans, Pres. P.O. Box 32249 Mountain Village, AK 99632 Tel# (907) 591-2048,
Fax# 591-2234
Napaskiak Village Council Bethel Agency Peter Williams Sr., Pres. P.O. Box 6109 Napaskiak, AK 99559
Tel# (907) 737-7626
Nenana Native Association Fairbanks Agency Moses Paul, Chief P.O. Box 356 Nenana, AK 99760 Tel# (907) 832-5662
New Koliganek Village Council Anchorage Agency
Herman Nelson, Pres. P.O. Box 5057 Koliganek, AK 99576 Tel# (907) 596-3434,
Fax# 596-3462
Newhalen Village Council Anchorage Agency Gusty Wassillie,
Pres. P.O. Box 165
Iliamna, AK 99606 Tel# (907) 571-1410
Newtok Village Council Bethel Agency Larry Charles, Pres. P.O. Box WWT Newtok, AK 99559 Tel# (907) 237-2314
Ninilchik Village Traditional Council Anchorage Agency Gassim Oskolkoff,
Pres. P.O. Box 39070 Ninilchik, AK 99639 Tel# (907) 567-3313,
Fax# 567-3308
Nome Eskimo Community Nome Agency Andrew Miller Jr., Pres. P.O. Box 1090 Nome, AK 99762 Tel# (907) 443-2246,
Fax# 443-3539
Nondalton Village Council Anchorage Agency William Trefon
Sr., Pres. P.O. Box 49 Nondalton, AK 99640 Tel# (907) 294-2254
Noorvik Native Community Nome Agency Gordon Newlin,
Pres. P.O. Box 71 Noorvik, AK 99763 Tel# (907) 636-2144
Nulato Village Council Fairbanks Agency Victor Nickolas,
Pres. Nulato, AK 99765 Tel# (907) 898-2231
Orutsararmuit Native Council Bethel Agency Thadeus Tikiun Jr., Chair. P.O. Box 927 Bethel, AK 99559 Tel# (907) 543-2608,
Fax# 543-2639
Oscarville Traditional Council Bethel Agency Ignati
Jacob, Pres. P.O. Box 1554 Oscarville, AK 99559 Tel# (907) 737-7321
Pedro Bay Village Anchorage Agency Carl
Jensen, Pres. P.O. Box 4720 Pedro Bay, AK 99647 Tel# (907) 850-2225
Perryville Village Anchorage Agency Harry W. Kosbruk,
Pres. P.O. Box 101 Perryville, AK 99648 Tel# (907) 853-2203
Petersburg Indian Association Juneau Area Office Leilani N. Kito,
Pres. P.O. Box 1418 Petersburg, AK 99833 Tel# (907) 772-3636 Fax# 772-3637
Pilot Station Traditional Council Bethel Agency Nick Myer, Acting Pres. P.O. Box 5040 Pilot Station, AK 99650
Tel# (907) 549-3512
Platinum Village Council Bethel Agency James . Kasayulie,
Pres. Platinum, AK 99651 Tel# (907) 979-8126
Point Hope Village Council Fairbanks Agency Ernie Frankson,
Pres. P.O. Box 91 Point Hope, AK 99766 Tel# (907) 368-2453
Rampart Village Council Fairbanks Agency Shiela Woods, Chief P.O. Box 67029 Rampart, AK 99767 Tel# (907) 358-3312
Red Devil Village Bethel Agency Glen
Morgan Sr., Pres. P.O. Box 49 RedDevil, AK 99656 Tel# (907) 447-9901
Seldovia Village Tribe Bethel Agency Fred H. Elvasaas,
Pres. P.O. Drawer L Seldovia, AK 99663 Tel# (907) 234-7625
Shoonaq Tribe of Kodiak Margaret Roberts,
Pres. P.O. Box 1974 Kodiak, AK 99615 Tel# (907) 486-4449
Sitka Tribe of Alaska Juneau Area Office Lawrence Widmark
Jr., Pres. 456 Katlian Street Sitka, AK 99385 Tel# (907) 747-3207,
Fax# 747-4915
South Naknek Village Anchorage Agency Donald F. Nielsen, Pres. P.O. Box 70106 South Naknek, AK 99670 Tel# (907) 246-6566
St. George Island Anchorage Agency Gilberty G. Kashevarof,
Pres. P.O. Box 940 St. George Island, AK 99660 Tel# (907) 859-2205
Stebbins Community Association Nome Agency
Fred Pete Sr., Pres. P.O. Box 2 Stebbins, AK 99671 Tel# (907) 934-3561, Fax# 934-3560
Teller Village Council Nome Agency Wesley
Okbaok,
Pres. P.O. Box 509 Teller, AK 99778 Tel# (907) 642-3381,
Fax# 642-4014
Tetlin Village Council Fairbanks Agency Donald Joe, Vice Pres. P.O. Box 520 Tetlin, AK 99780 Tel# (907) 883-2321
Tsimshian Tribal Council Juneau Area Office 1067B Woodland Ave. Ketchika, AK 99901 Tel# (907) 225-2961
Tuluksak Native Community Bethel Agency John Napoka
Sr., Pres. P.O. Box 156 Tuluksak, AK 99679 Tel# (907) 695-6828
Twin Hills Tribal Anchorage Agency Arthur Sharp, Pres. P.O. Box TWA Twin Hills, AK 99576 Tel# (907) 525-4820
Ugashik Village Anchorage Agency Roy S. Matsuno,
Pres. P.O. Box 651 King Salmon, AK 99613 Tel# (907) 842-4004
Umkumiut Village Council Bethel Agency Simon Agnus,
Pres. General Delivery Nightmute, AK 99690 Tel# (907) 647-6213
Valdez Native Association P.O. Box 1108 Valdez, AK 99686 Tel# (907) 835-4951
Venetie Village Council Fairbanks Agency Eddie Frank, First Chief P.O. Box 99 Arctic Village, AK 99781 Tel# (907) 849-8212
Village of Kokhanok Anchorage Agency John Nelson, Pres. P.O. Box 1007 Iliamna, AK 99606 Tel# (907) 282-2202
Village Arctic Village Fairbanks Agency Tribble Gilbert, Chief P.O. Box 22050 Arctic Village, AK 99722 Tel# (907) 767-5320
Village of Afognak P.O. Box 1277 Kodiak, AK 99615 Tel# , Fax# unknown
Village of Akhiok Anchorage Agency Nick
Peterson, Sr., Pres. P.O. Box 5030 Akhiok, AK 99615 Tel# (907) 836-2229,
Fax# 836-2209
Village of Akutan Anchorage Agency Jacob Stepetin,
Pres. P.O. Box 89 Akutan, AK 99553 Tel# (907) 698-2301
Village of Alakanuk Bethel Agency Raymond D. Oney, President P.O. Box 167 Alakanuk, AK 99554 Tel# (907) 238-3313
Village of Alatna Fairbanks Agency Gerald Sam, Chief
General Delivery Alatna, AK 99720 Tel# (907) 968-2241
Village of Aleknagik Anchorage Agency Raymond Conquest, Pres. P.O. Box 115 Aleknagik, AK 99555 Tel# (907) 842-2229
Village of Algaaciq Bethel Agency Moses Paukan,
Sr., Pres. P.O. Box 48 St. Mary's, AK 99658 Tel# (907) 438-2932
Village of Ambler Nome Agency Louie
Commack, Jr., Pres. P.O. Box 47 Ambler, AK 99786 Tel# (907) 445-2181
Village of Anaktuvuk Pass Fairbanks Agency Raymond Paneak,
Pres. General Delivery Anaktuvuk Pass, AK 99721 Tel# (907) 661-3113
Village of Aniak Bethel Agency Ruth B. Vaska,
Pres. P.O. Box 176 Aniak, AK 99557 Tel# (907) 675-4349
Village of Anvik Bethel Agency Ken Chase, Chief General Delivery Anvik, AK 99558 Tel# (907) 663-6335
Village of Atka Anchorage Agency Raymond Goldoff,
Pres. P.O. 47030 Atka, AK 99574 Tel# (907) 767-8001
Village of Atmautluak Bethel Agency Oscar Nick, Pres. P.O. Box ATT Atmautluak, AK 99559 Tel# (907) 553-5610
Village of Atqasuk Fairbanks Agency Jimmy Nayukok,
Pres. General Delivery Atkasuk, AK 99723 Tel# , Fax# unknown
Village of Barrow Fairbanks Agency Arnold J. Brower Jr., Pres. P.O. Box 1139 Barrow, AK 99723 Tel# (907) 852-4411
Village of Belkofsky Anchorage Agency Simeon Kuzchikin,
Pres. P.O. Box 57 King Cove, AK 99612 Tel# (907) 497-2304
Village of Bill Moore's Slough Bethel Agency Mark Okitkun, Chair. P.O. Box 20037 Kotlik, AK 99620 Tel# (907) 899-4712
Village of Brevig Mission Nome Agency Elmer Seetot,
Pres. General Delivery Brevig Mission, AK 99785 Tel# (907) 642-3851
Village of Buckland Nome Agency Percy
Ballot, Pres. P.O. Box 67 Buckland, AK 99727 Tel# (907) 494-2171
Village of Cantwell Anchorage Agency David Nicklie,
Pres. P.O. Box 94 Cantwell, AK 99729 Tel# (907) 768-2151
Village of Chalkyitsik Fairbanks Agency James Nathaniel Sr., First Chief P.O. Box 57 Chalkyitsik, AK 99788 Tel# (907) 848-8893
Village of Chanega Anchorage Agency Larry Evanoff, President
P.O. Box 8079 Chanega Bay, AK 99574 Tel# (907) 573-5132
Village of Chefornak Bethel Agency Steven Billy, Pres. P.O. Box 29 Chefornak, AK 99561 Tel# (907) 867-8850,
Fax# 867-8429
Village of Chevak Bethel Agency James Ayuluk,
Pres. P.O. Box 5514 Chevak, AK 99563 Tel# (907) 858-7428,
Fax# 858-7812
Village of Chickaloon Anchorage Agency Alan Larson, Pres. P.O. Box 1105 Chickaloon, AK 99674 Tel# (907) 746-0505
Village of Chignik Anchorage Agency George Tinker, Pres. P.O. Box 11 Chignik Lake, AK 99563 Tel# (907) 749-2285
Village of Chignik Lagoon Anchorage Agency Rodney Anderson, Pres. P.O. Box 57 Chignik Lagoon, AK 99565 Tel# (907) 840-2206
Village of Chignik Lake Anchorage Agency John Lina,
Pres. P.O. Box 33 Chignik Lake, AK 99548 Tel# (907) 845-2212
Village of Chinita Anchorage Agency Harry Billum,
Pres. P.O. Box 31 Chinita, AK 99566 Tel# (907) 563-6643
Village of Chistochina Anchorage Agency Karen Eskilida,
Pres. P.O. Box 241 Gakona, AK 99586 Tel# (907) 822-3503
Village of Chuloonawick Bethel Agency Russ Akers, Pres. General Delivery Chuloonawick, AK 99581 Tel# (907) 949-1147
Village of Clark's Point Anchorage Agency Joseph Clark, Pres. P.O. Box 16 Clark's Point, AK 99569 Tel# (907) 236--1221
Village of Crooked Creek Bethel Agency Johnnie John Jr., Pres. P.O. Box 69 Crooked Creek, AK 99575 Tel# (907) 432-2227
Village of
Deering Nome Agency Wilbur Karmun, Pres. P.O. Box 89 Deering, AK 99736 Tel# (907) 363-2145
Village of Diomede Nome Agency Orville Ahkinga,
Pres. P.O. Box 7099 Diomede, AK 99762 Tel# (907) 686-3021,
Fax# 686-2181
Village of Dot Lake Fairbanks Agency William Miller, Pres. P.O. Box 2272 Dot Lake, AK 99737 Tel# (907) 882-2669,
Fax# 882-2112
Village of Eagle Fairbanks Agency David Howard, First Chief P.O. Box 19 Eagle, AK 99738 Tel# (907) 547-2271
Village of Eek Bethel Agency Fritz Willie,
Pres. P.O. Box 87 Eek, AK 99578 Tel# (907) 536-5426
Village of Eklutna Anchorage Agency Dorothy
Cook , President 26339 Eklutna Village Road Chugiak, AK 99567 Tel# (907) 688-6020,
Fax# 688-6021
http://www.eklutna-nsn.gov/
Village of Ekuk Anchorage Agency Robert Heyano,
Pres. P.O. Box 1409 Ekuk, AK 99576 Tel# (907) 842-1053
Village of Elim Nome Agency Luther Nagaruk, President P.O. Box 39070 Elim, AK 99739 Tel# (907) 890-3741,
Fax# 890-3072
Village of Emmonak Bethel Agency
Billy A. Charles, Pres. General Delivery Emmonak, AK 99581 Tel# (907) 949-1720,
Fax# 949-1926
Village of Evansville Fairbanks Agency Rhonda Musser, Clerk P.O. Box 26025 Evansville, AK 99726 Tel# (907) 692-5467
Kuskokwim Corporation(a merged village corporation for 10 middle Kuskokwim
villages, The villages include
Lower Kalskag, Upper Kalskag, Aniak, Chuathbaluk, Napaimute, Crooked
Creek, Red Devil, Georgetown, Sleetmute and Stony River.)
Tetlin Native Corporation, Tok, Alaska (907) 883-6652
e-mail:
tetlin.native.corp@gmail.com Did not participate in ANCSA; full
title to former reservation lands.
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