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Village Alaska

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Publisher: Alaska Department of Education and the Center for Northern Educational Research, University of Alaska

Napoleon, Harold


June 1975

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Referenced by: ANKN Clearinghouse

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

Theme(s): ANCSA

Category: General ANCSA
One of a series of short booklets on ANCSA. Napoleon provides a broad overview of various rural issues including education, transportation, health, subsistence, political representation, sewer/water, village economy, leadership, and social problems. He provides a historical overview of "government decisions inconsiderate of Native needs and views" including the Alaska Purchase, the Organic Act of 1884, the creation of wildife refuges and national forests, and the creation of Naval Petroleum Reserve #4. Questions for group discussions are included. Other booklets in the series: Stock, Corporations, and the Native Land Claims Settlement; Environmental Issues in the Land Claims; New Tribes for New Times; The Politics of Passage, Politics and Alaska Natives; Future Land Use Planning Alternatives for Alaska; and Planning How to Use Land in Village Alaska.


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