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Beteiligte: Worl, Rosita Kaaháni, Kendall-Miller, Heather
In: Daedalus, 147, 2018, 2, S. 39-48
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Umfang: 39-48
ISSN: 0011-5266
1548-6192
DOI: 10.1162/daed_a_00488
veröffentlicht in: Daedalus
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: MIT Press - Journals (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> The formal treaty-making period between the U.S. government and Native peoples ended in 1871, only four years after the United States purchased Alaska from Russia. As a result, Alaska Natives did not enter into treaties that recognized their political authority or land rights. Nor, following the end of the treaty-making period, were Alaska Natives granted the same land rights as federally recognized tribes in the lower forty-eight states. Rather, Congress created the Alaska Native Corporations as the management vehicle for conveyed lands in 1971. The unique legal status of these corporations has raised many questions about tribal land ownership and governance for future generations of Alaska Natives. Although Congress created the Native Corporations in its eagerness to settle land claims and assimilate Alaska Natives, Alaska Native cultures and governance structures persisted and evolved, and today many are reasserting the inherent authority of sovereign governments. </jats:p>