Alaska Native Allotment Act information

The Alaska Native Allotment Act of 1906, 34 Stat. 197, enacted on May 17, 1906, permitted individual Alaska Natives to acquire title to up to 160 acres...

The Dawes Act of 1887 (also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887) regulated land rights on tribal territories within...

The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 18, 1971, constituting at the time the largest...

to land under the Dawes Act of 1887 but were instead treated under the Alaska Native Allotment Act of 1906. The Allotment Act was repealed in 1971, following...

Indians from the contiguous United States and Alaska Natives. The United States Census Bureau defines Native American as "all people indigenous to the United...

permanent (1902). The Alaska Native Allotment Act (1906) authorized the Secretary of the Interior "to allot individual Alaska Natives a homestead of up to...

despite legal recognition of their formal equality, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders grapple with economic disparities...

Individual Native allotments are sold on the open market. Various private interests own the remaining land, totaling about one percent of the state. Alaska is...

via Indian removal policies, forced removal of Native American children to boarding schools, allotment, and a policy of termination. The letters exchanged...

Alaska Native Areas, U.S. Census Bureau, Geographic Areas Reference manual (PDF) Tribal Leaders Directory Native American Technical Corrections Act of...

that members of certain Native American tribes who accepted an allotment of land was considered a citizen. The goal was for Natives to, through assimilation...

interests of the Alaska Natives is the Alaska Federation of Natives. From 1966 to 1971, this group lobbied for a fair land claims settlement act, which resulted...

Native American identity is a complex and contested issue. The Bureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as having American Indian or Alaska Native...

traditional perceptions of gender norms and Native American societal structure. The General Allotment Act of 1887 allocated private lands to male heads...

culture and institutions", and pressure for Native Americans to assimilate. In the Indian Appropriations Act of 1871, Congress prohibited any future treaties...

"self-determination." The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act restructured indigenous governance in the state of Alaska, creating a unique structure of Native Corporations...

Education Act, which established a comprehensive approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indians and Alaska Native students. This Act recognizes...

sovereignty of American Indian tribes. As more Native Americans received allotments through the Dawes Act, there was a great deal of public and state pressure...

claims on land selected or topfiled by the State. Title II -- Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was an attempt to finalize the Regional and Village Corporation...

exception to this new policy was in Alaska, for which the law allowed homesteading until 1986. The last claim under this Act was made by Ken Deardorff for 80...

(2005) Alaska Native Allotment Act Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Aleut Restitution Act of 1988 American Indian Religious Freedom Act American...

effect of historical trauma on Native Americans. Four-fifths of American Indian land was lost due to the Dawes Allotment Act of 1887. The U.S. government...

Indians, including any Alaska Native village (as defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.S. 1601 et seq...

published separately from American Indians and Alaska Natives". The use of Native American or native American to refer to Indigenous peoples who live...

General Allotment Act, which is considered one of the earliest attempts aimed toward assimilation of Native tribes. This act intended to give Natives a sense...

American Indian and Alaska Native tribes generally extends over their federally recognized geographic territory (e.g., reservations, allotments, trust and restricted...