Alaska Native Policy in the Twentieth Century

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ID2705941
AuthorsRamona Ellen Skinner (corresponding author)
Year2019
Pages140
Publication date2019-01-22
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueAlaska Native Policy in the Twentieth Century (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315790299
OpenAlexW605334566
Open LibraryOL54054813M
ISBN9781315790299
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This book explores the application of federal Indian policy to Alaska Natives in the 20th century, a process driven by the federal government's desire to acquire Indian land. Twentieth century Indian policy, as applied in Alaska, has oscillated between encouraging the privatization of land and assimilation of Native Alaskans into the dominant society, and allowing for Native autonomy and self-government. The Alaska Reorganization Act of 1936, better known as the Alaska Native New Deal, promoted Native self-government through constitutions and native self-sufficiency through corporations within geographic limits of designated reservations. In Alaska, the federal government's termination policy extended state jurisdiction over Native peoples after World War Two. A new policy of self-determination was initiated by the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. With this act, 40 million acres were conveyed to newly created Native corporations. Alaska Natives would achieve self-determination by participation in corporate decisions. This history of the legislation and implementation of federal Indian policy in Alaska explores the tensions and reversals expressed through successive legislative acts, and focuses upon the implications of this policy for Native Alaskans

Political science · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Government relations · Indians of North America · Land tenure · politics and government

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