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Publisher: Western Media Concepts, Inc.
PO Box 215
Anchorage, AK 99510
(907) 279-2045

Sykes, Jim


1985

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Referenced by: ANKN Clearinghouse

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12, 7, 8

Theme(s): ANCSA

Category: Corporations
One in a series of 30 minute radio documentaries "...which features to voices of Alaska Natives as they struggle for more control over their lives...Jim Sykes originally recorded the hearings of the Alaska Native Review Commission (ANRC) on location in Alaska's remote villages. ANRC Commissioner, Canadian Judge Thomas R. Berger, traveled throughout Alaska to find out how the people feel about their most basic values and the effects on them..."1 by ANCSA. 7. Risking and Saving the Land: "Land owned by Native corporations can be lost through sales, corporate takeover, bankruptcy, or taxation. This has generated so much concern among Natives trying to save their land that there are now a number of options to prevent loss of these lands. An exploration of the major risks and what alternatives are available."2 Other programs in the series: 1. The People, the Land, and the Law; 2. The Land and Sea; 3. Subsistence--A Way of Life; 4. Sovereignty--What It Means to People; 5. Traditional Councils and Corporate Boardrooms; 6. The Land and the Corporations; 8. Subsistence and the Law; 9. Sovereignty--How It Works in Real Life; 10. The Newborns--Left Out of ANCSA; 11. From Hunter, Fisher, Gatherer to Corporate Director; 12. Changing the Claims Act--The Key Players; 13. Recommendations of the Alaska Native Review Commission; 14. Other Settlements with Indigenous Peoples; 15. The Dream versus the Reality; and Special Program: Berger's Recommendations
1"Village Voices," Alaska Native Magazine 1985: 22.
2"Village Voices," Alaska Native Magazine 1985: 24.



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